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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.26

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: Bharadvāja asks him not to blame her, assuring him that the exile will have a good outcome

2.86.26

ity uktvā naraśārdūlo bāṣpagadgadayā girā
sa niśaśvāsa tāmrākṣo kruddho nāga ivāsakṛt

Having spoken thus in a voice choked with tears, that tiger among men, his eyes coppery-red, sighed again and again like an angry serpent.

Words: ity uktvā — having spoken thus; naraśārdūlo — tiger among men; bāṣpagadgadayā — choked with tears; girā — with a voice; sa — he; niśaśvāsa — sighed, breathed hard; tāmrākṣo — with coppery-red eyes; kruddho — angry; nāga ivāsakṛt — like a serpent, again and again

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.