Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 68: Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow · 2.68.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 68: Surabhi’s tears and Bharata’s vow. He compares Kausalyā’s sorrow to Surabhi’s grief for her exhausted oxen and offers to replace Rāma in exile

In the sequence: Bharata continues condemning Kaikeyī for causing death and exile without any wrong having been done to her

2.68.1

tāṃ tathā garhayitvā tu mātaraṃ bharatas tadā
roṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ punar evābravīd vacaḥ

Having thus reproached his mother, Bharata, seized with great fury, then spoke yet again these words:

Words: tāṃ — her; tathā — thus; garhayitvā — having reproached, reviled; tu — and; mātaraṃ — his mother; bharatas — Bharata; tadā — then; roṣeṇa — with fury; mahatāviṣṭaḥ — seized by great (fury); punar — again; evābravīd — indeed spoke; vacaḥ — words

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.