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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.31
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: his distress convinces Kausalyā → she asks him to stop the terrible oaths, acknowledges his integrity, and blesses him
2.69.31
mama duḥkham idaṃ putra bhūyaḥ samupajāyate
śapathaiḥ śapamāno hi prāṇān uparuṇatsi me
This grief of mine, my son, grows all the greater, for by swearing these oaths you choke off my very life-breaths.
Words: mama — my; duḥkham — grief; idaṃ — this; putra — O son; bhūyaḥ — the more, again; samupajāyate — arises, grows; śapathaiḥ — with oaths; śapamāno — swearing; hi — for; prāṇān — the life-breaths; uparuṇatsi — you choke off, obstruct; me — my
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.