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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.68.9

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

2.68.9

na tvam aśvapateḥ kanyā dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
rākṣasī tatra jātāsi kulapradhvaṃsinī pituḥ

You are no daughter of the wise Aśvapati, that king of righteousness; a demoness were you born in his house, a destroyer of your father's line.

Words: na — not; tvam — you; aśvapateḥ — of Aśvapati; kanyā — daughter; dharmarājasya — of the king of dharma; dhīmataḥ — of the wise one; rākṣasī — a demoness; tatra — there, in that house; jātāsi — you were born; kulapradhvaṃsinī — destroyer of the family; pituḥ — of your father

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.