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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.19

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: when Indra asked what danger troubled her, she explained that she was grieving for the two oxen, beaten and worn out in the sun

2.68.19

bhayaṃ kaccin na cāsmāsu kutaś cid vidyate mahat
kuto nimittaḥ śokas te brūhi sarvahitaiṣiṇi

Surely no great danger threatens us from any quarter? Tell me, O you who wish the welfare of all, from what cause comes your grief?

Words: bhayaṃ — danger, fear; kaccin — surely (not); na — not; cāsmāsu — and upon us; kutaś cid — from anywhere; vidyate — exists, is found; mahat — great; kuto — from what; nimittaḥ — occasioned, caused; śokas — grief; te — your; brūhi — tell; sarvahitaiṣiṇi — O you who seek the good of all

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.