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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.97.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 97: Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom. Rāma absolves him of blame but insists that both brothers honour their father’s division between Kingdom and forest

In the sequence: Rāma embraces him and says he sees no fault in him, but asks him not to condemn their mother

2.97.17

na doṣaṃ tvayi paśyāmi sūkṣmam apy ari sūdana
na cāpi jananīṃ bālyāt tvaṃ vigarhitum arhasi

I see no fault in you, not even a subtle one, O slayer of foes; nor should you out of childishness censure our mother.

Words: na doṣaṃ — no fault; tvayi — in you; paśyāmi — I see; sūkṣmam apy — even a subtle one; ari sūdana — O slayer of foes; na cāpi — nor; jananīṃ — the mother; bālyāt — out of childishness; tvaṃ — you; vigarhitum — to censure; arhasi — should

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.