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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 75: Bharata refuses royal honours. He stops the morning music proclaiming him King, Vasiṣṭha calls the ministers, priests, commanders and guild representatives to assemble

In the sequence: he stops them, declaring that he is not the King → he tells Śatrughna that the Kingdom has been left without direction by Kaikeyī's actions and Daśaratha's death

2.75.5

paśya śatrughna kaikeyyā lokasyāpakṛtaṃ mahat
visṛjya mayi duḥkhāni rājā daśaratho gataḥ

Behold, Śatrughna, the great harm Kaikeyī has done to the world: having laid these sorrows upon me, King Daśaratha has departed.

Words: paśya — behold; śatrughna — O Śatrughna; kaikeyyā — by Kaikeyī; lokasyāpakṛtaṃ — the harm done to the world; mahat — great; visṛjya — having laid, released; mayi — upon me; duḥkhāni — sorrows; rājā — King; daśaratho — Daśaratha; gataḥ — has departed

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.