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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Kausalyā accepts Bharata’s innocence. Suspected of seeking the Kingdom, Bharata invokes curses on anyone who approved the exile and wins her trust

In the sequence: believing the Kingdom is what he wanted, she reproaches him and asks to be sent to Rāma

2.69.10

kāmaṃ vā svayam evādya tatra māṃ netum arhasi
yatrāsau puruṣavyāghras tapyate me tapaḥ sutaḥ

Or indeed you yourself ought this very day to lead me there, to where that tiger among men, my son, performs his austerities.

Words: kāmaṃ — indeed, if you will; vā — or; svayam — yourself; evādya — this very day; tatra — there; māṃ — me; netum — to lead; arhasi — you ought; yatrāsau — where that; puruṣavyāghras — tiger among men; tapyate — performs austerity; me — my; tapaḥ — austerity, penance; sutaḥ — son

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.