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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.46

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 98: Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer. Bharata asks him to restore the Kingdom, Rāma teaches the inevitability of loss, separation and death

In the sequence: Bharata admires Rāma's steadiness but argues that a good son should correct a father's harmful decision → he rejects Kaikeyī's action and asks Rāma to rescue the family and people from its consequences

2.98.46

proṣite mayi yat pāpaṃ mātrā matkāraṇāt kṛtam
kṣudrayā tad aniṣṭaṃ me prasīdatu bhavān mama

Whatever wicked deed my base mother did for my sake while I was away—that is hateful to me; may you be gracious to me.

Words: proṣite mayi — when I was away; yat pāpaṃ — what evil deed; mātrā — by (my) mother; matkāraṇāt — for my sake; kṛtam — was done; kṣudrayā — by the base woman; tad aniṣṭaṃ me — that is hateful to me; prasīdatu bhavān mama — may you be gracious to me

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.