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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.15.35
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Rāma’s winter bath in the Godāvarī. Lakṣmaṇa describes cold water and imagines Bharata’s Sarayū bath, Rāma bathes with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and offers water
In the sequence: Rāma stops him from blaming Kaikeyī and asks him to speak only of Bharata → he says that although his commitment to the forest vow remains firm, longing for Bharata makes his heart childlike again
3.15.35
na te 'mbā madhyamā tāta garhitavyā kathaṃ cana
tām evekṣvākunāthasya bharatasya kathāṃ kuru
“Our middle mother, dear brother, is in no way to be blamed by you; speak only that story of Bharata, lord of the Ikṣvākus.
Words: na — not; te — by you; 'mbā — the mother; madhyamā — the middle one; tāta — dear one, my child; garhitavyā — to be blamed, censured; kathaṃ cana — in any way; tām — that; evekṣvākunāthasya — only, of the lord of the Ikṣvākus; bharatasya — of Bharata; kathāṃ — the story, talk; kuru — make, tell
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.