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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.3

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

2.68.3

kiṃ nu te 'dūṣayad rājā rāmo vā bhṛśadhārmikaḥ
yayor mṛtyur vivāsaś ca tvatkṛte tulyam āgatau

How did the king wrong you, or Rāma so exceedingly righteous — the two for whom death and exile have alike come about because of you?

Words: kiṃ nu — how, in what way; te — you; 'dūṣayad — did wrong, harmed; rājā — the king; rāmo vā — or Rāma; bhṛśadhārmikaḥ — exceedingly righteous; yayor — of whom two; mṛtyur — death; vivāsaś ca — and exile; tvatkṛte — because of you; tulyam — alike, equally; āgatau — the two came about

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.