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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.27
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: he solemnly calls down on whoever consented to the exile the consequences of injustice, betrayal, abandonment of dependents, failure to protect subjects, and neglect of parents and sacred duties
2.69.27
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mātā pitros tathaiva ca
mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo 'numate gataḥ
May he never render service to the gods, to the ancestors, and likewise to mother and father—he at whose consent the noble one went forth.
Words: devatānāṃ — of the gods; pitṝṇāṃ — of the ancestors; ca — and; mātā pitros — of mother and father; tathaiva — likewise; ca — and; mā sma kārṣīt — let him never do; sa — he; śuśrūṣāṃ — service, obedient attendance; yasyāryo — he at whose... the noble one; 'numate — at the consent; gataḥ — went (into exile)
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.