← 2.84.14 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 84: Bharadvāja questions Bharata · 2.84.16 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.15

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: distressed that even the maharṣi suspects him, Bharata rejects his mother's actions

2.84.15

hato 'smi yadi mām evaṃ bhagavān api manyate
matto na doṣam āśaṅker naivaṃ mām anuśādhi hi

“I am undone if even the venerable one thinks thus of me! You need suspect no fault in me — so do not admonish me in this way.

Words: hato — ruined, undone; 'smi — I am; yadi — if; mām — me; evaṃ — thus; bhagavān — the venerable one; api — even; manyate — thinks; matto — from me; na — not; doṣam — fault; āśaṅker — you should suspect; naivaṃ — not thus; mām — me; anuśādhi — admonish, instruct; hi — indeed

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.