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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.97.7

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: Bharata recounts their father's grief and his mother's role in the disaster

2.97.7

sā rājyaphalam aprāpya vidhavā śokakarśitā
patiṣyati mahāghore niraye jananī mama

She, having failed to obtain the fruit of the kingdom — a widow, wasted by grief, my mother — will fall into a most terrible hell.

Words: sā — she; rājyaphalam — the fruit of the kingdom; aprāpya — not having obtained; vidhavā — a widow; śokakarśitā — wasted by grief; patiṣyati — will fall; mahāghore — most terrible; niraye — into hell; jananī — mother; mama — my

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.