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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.11

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

2.69.11

idaṃ hi tava vistīrṇaṃ dhanadhānyasamācitam
hastyaśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ rājyaṃ niryātitaṃ tayā

For this vast kingdom, heaped with wealth and grain and full of elephants, horses and chariots, has been handed over to you by her.

Words: idaṃ — this; hi — for, indeed; tava — your, to you; vistīrṇaṃ — vast, extensive; dhanadhānyasamācitam — heaped with wealth and grain; hastyaśvarathasaṃpūrṇaṃ — full of elephants, horses and chariots; rājyaṃ — kingdom; niryātitaṃ — handed over, delivered; tayā — by her

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.