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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.24

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

2.86.24

yasyāḥ kṛte narayāghrau jīvanāśam ito gatau
rājā putravihīnaś ca svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ

she for whose sake the two tigers among men came to loss of their life here, and for whose sake King Daśaratha, bereft of his sons, went to heaven —

Words: yasyāḥ kṛte — for whose sake; narayāghrau — the two tigers among men; jīvanāśam — loss of life; ito — from here, hence; gatau — the two went; rājā — the king; putravihīnaś ca — and bereft of sons; svargaṃ — to heaven; daśaratho — Daśaratha; gataḥ — went

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.