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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.5

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

2.68.5

yat tvayā hīdṛśaṃ pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ ghoreṇa karmaṇā
sarvalokapriyaṃ hitvā mamāpy āpāditaṃ bhayam

Since such a sin has been committed by you through a dreadful deed, casting out one dear to all the world, fear has been brought upon me too.

Words: yat — since, in that; tvayā — by you; hīdṛśaṃ — such indeed; pāpaṃ — sin; kṛtaṃ — done; ghoreṇa — dreadful; karmaṇā — by a deed; sarvalokapriyaṃ — him dear to all the world; hitvā — having abandoned; mamāpy — upon me also; āpāditaṃ — brought about; bhayam — fear

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.