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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.7

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

2.68.7

mātṛrūpe mamāmitre nṛśaṃse rājyakāmuke
na te 'ham abhibhāṣyo 'smi durvṛtte patighātini

O enemy of mine in a mother's guise, cruel and craving the kingdom, I am not one to be addressed by you, ill-conducted slayer of your husband.

Words: mātṛrūpe — O you in a mother's form; mamāmitre — O enemy of mine; nṛśaṃse — O cruel one; rājyakāmuke — O you who lust for the kingdom; na — not; te — by you; 'ham — I; abhibhāṣyo 'smi — am to be spoken to; durvṛtte — O ill-conducted one; patighātini — O slayer of your husband

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.