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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.4

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

2.68.4

bhrūṇahatyām asi prāptā kulasyāsya vināśanāt
kaikeyi narakaṃ gaccha mā ca bhartuḥ salokatām

You have incurred the guilt of slaying an embryo through the destruction of this family; go to hell, Kaikeyī, and not to your husband's world.

Words: bhrūṇahatyām — the slaying of an embryo; asi — you are; prāptā — attained, incurred; kulasyāsya — of this family; vināśanāt — from the destruction; kaikeyi — O Kaikeyī; narakaṃ — to hell; gaccha — go; mā — not; ca — and; bhartuḥ — of your husband; salokatām — dwelling in the same world

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.