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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.6

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

2.68.6

tvatkṛte me pitā vṛtto rāmaś cāraṇyam āśritaḥ
ayaśo jīvaloke ca tvayāhaṃ pratipāditaḥ

Because of you my father has died and Rāma has taken to the forest, and by you I have been brought to disgrace in the world of the living.

Words: tvatkṛte — because of you; me — my; pitā — father; vṛtto — deceased; rāmaś — Rāma; cāraṇyam — and to the forest; āśritaḥ — has resorted; ayaśo — disgrace; jīvaloke — in the world of the living; ca — and; tvayāhaṃ — by you I; pratipāditaḥ — have been brought, delivered

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.