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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.27

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 vows to restore Rāma and enter the forest himself → overwhelmed, he falls to the ground.

2.68.27

ānāyayitvā tanayaṃ kausalyāyā mahādyutim
svayam eva pravekṣyāmi vanaṃ muniniṣevitam

Having had Kausalyā's son of great splendour brought back, I shall myself enter the forest frequented by sages.

Words: ānāyayitvā — having caused to be brought back; tanayaṃ — the son; kausalyāyā — of Kausalyā; mahādyutim — of great splendour; svayam eva — I myself; pravekṣyāmi — I shall enter; vanaṃ — the forest; muniniṣevitam — frequented by sages

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.