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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.13

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

2.68.13

kiṃ nāvabudhyase krūre niyataṃ bandhusaṃśrayam
jyeṣṭhaṃ pitṛsamaṃ rāmaṃ kausalyāyātmasaṃbhavam

How do you fail to recognize, cruel one, that Rāma — the eldest, the constant refuge of his kin, like a father, sprung from Kausalyā herself?

Words: kiṃ — why, how; nāvabudhyase — do you not recognize; krūre — O cruel one; niyataṃ — surely, constantly; bandhusaṃśrayam — the refuge of his kinsfolk; jyeṣṭhaṃ — the eldest; pitṛsamaṃ — equal to a father; rāmaṃ — Rāma; kausalyāyātmasaṃbhavam — sprung from Kausalyā herself

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.