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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.21

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 86: Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa. The Mandākinī and leaf hut identify Rāma’s home, Bharata introduces the Queens and is urged not to blame Kaikeyī

In the sequence: asked to identify them, Bharata introduces Kausalyā and Sumitrā with affection, then bitterly identifies Kaikeyī as the cause of the disaster

2.86.21

eṣā taṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam
kausalyā suṣuve rāmaṃ dhātāram aditir yathā

this is Kausalyā, who bore that tiger among men, Rāma, whose gait is a lion's stride, just as Aditi bore Dhātṛ.

Words: eṣā — this (woman); taṃ — that; puruṣavyāghraṃ — tiger among men; siṃhavikrāntagāminam — walking with a lion's stride; kausalyā — Kausalyā; suṣuve — bore, gave birth to; rāmaṃ — Rāma; dhātāram — Dhātṛ; aditir yathā — just as Aditi

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.