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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 84: Bharadvāja questions Bharata. Bharata leaves his army and weapons behind, denies seeking to eliminate his brothers and is invited to stay before continuing

In the sequence: Bharadvāja asks whether Bharata has come to eliminate Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa as rivals

2.84.10

kim ihāgamane kāryaṃ tava rājyaṃ praśāsataḥ
etad ācakṣva me sarvaṃ na hi me śudhyate manaḥ

“What purpose have you in coming here, you who govern the kingdom? Tell me all of this, for my mind is not at ease.

Words: kim — what; ihāgamane — in coming here; kāryaṃ — purpose, business; tava — your, of you; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; praśāsataḥ — of one governing; etad — this; ācakṣva — tell; me — to me; sarvaṃ — all; na — not; hi — for; me — my; śudhyate — is clear, at ease; manaḥ — mind

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.