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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.13

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

2.84.13

kaccin na tasyāpāpasya pāpaṃ kartum ihecchasi
akaṇṭakaṃ bhoktumanā rājyaṃ tasyānujasya ca

surely you do not wish here to do harm to that sinless one, minded to enjoy, free of all rivals, the kingdom of him and of his younger brother?

Words: kaccin — surely (not); na — not; tasyāpāpasya — of that sinless one; pāpaṃ — harm, wrong; kartum — to do; ihecchasi — do you wish here; akaṇṭakaṃ — free of thorns, unopposed; bhoktumanā — minded to enjoy; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; tasyānujasya — of his younger brother; ca — and

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.