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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.69.8

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

2.69.8

kṣipraṃ mām api kaikeyī prasthāpayitum arhati
hiraṇyanābho yatrāste suto me sumahāyaśāḥ

Kaikeyī ought quickly to send me off too, to where my son of great renown, Hiraṇyanābha, abides.

Words: kṣipraṃ — quickly; mām — me; api — too; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; prasthāpayitum — to send off; arhati — ought; hiraṇyanābho — Hiraṇyanābha; yatrāste — where dwells; suto — son; me — my; sumahāyaśāḥ — of very great renown

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.