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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.97.3

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 asks why Bharata has abandoned the Kingdom and come dressed as a tapasvin

2.97.3

yannimittam imaṃ deśaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharaḥ
hitvā rājyaṃ praviṣṭas tvaṃ tat sarvaṃ vaktum arhasi

For what reason you, wearing a black antelope-hide and matted hair, having abandoned the kingdom, have entered this region — all that you should tell.

Words: yannimittam — for what reason; imaṃ — this; deśaṃ — region; kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharaḥ — wearing black antelope-hide and matted hair; hitvā — having abandoned; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; praviṣṭas — entered; tvaṃ — you; tat — that; sarvaṃ — all; vaktum — to tell; arhasi — you 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.