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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.11
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: he says her actions have disgraced him too: the world will associate him with the gain she sought
2.68.11
yat pradhānāsi tat pāpaṃ mayi pitrā vinākṛte
bhrātṛbhyāṃ ca parityakte sarvalokasya cāpriye
Whatever sin you are the chief author of, that falls upon me — bereft of my father, forsaken by my two brothers, and become hateful to all the world.
Words: yat — of which; pradhānāsi — you are the chief author; tat — that; pāpaṃ — sin; mayi — upon me; pitrā — of my father; vinākṛte — deprived; bhrātṛbhyāṃ — by my two brothers; ca — and; parityakte — forsaken; sarvalokasya — to all the world; cāpriye — and hateful
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.