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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir. With Bharata & Śatrughna in Kekaya, Daśaratha weighs Rāma’s fitness to rule and summons an assembly

In the sequence: back in Ayodhyā, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa attend to their father, while Rāma looks after public affairs and his obligations to his mothers and elders

2.1.11

gate ca bharate rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahābalaḥ
pitaraṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ pūjayām āsatus tadā

And when Bharata had gone, Rāma and the mighty Lakṣmaṇa then honoured their father, who resembled a god.

Words: gate ca bharate — and when Bharata had gone; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇaś ca — and Lakṣmaṇa; mahābalaḥ — the mighty; pitaraṃ — the father; devasaṃkāśaṃ — resembling a god; pūjayām āsatus — the two honoured; tadā — then

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.