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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.16

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

2.84.16

aṃś caitad iṣṭaṃ mātā me yad avocan madantare
nāham etena tuṣṭaś ca na tad vacanam ādade

Nor is that pleasing to me which my mother spoke on my behalf; I am not satisfied with it, and I do not accept that speech.

Words: aṃś — nor (text uncertain); caitad — and this; iṣṭaṃ — desired, pleasing; mātā — mother; me — my; yad — which; avocan — she said; madantare — on my behalf, concerning me; nāham — not I; etena — with this; tuṣṭaś — satisfied; ca — and; na — not; tad — that; vacanam — speech; ādade — I accept, take up

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.