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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.3

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: Daśaratha tells Bharata that his maternal uncle Yudhājit has come to take him to the Kekaya Kingdom → Bharata and Śatrughna take leave of their father, Rāma, and their mothers and leave with him

2.1.3

śrutvā daśarathasyaitad bharataḥ kekayīsutaḥ
gamanāyābhicakrāma śatrughnasahitas tadā

Hearing this from Daśaratha, Bharata, the son of Kaikeyī, then made ready to go, together with Śatrughna.

Words: śrutvā — having heard; daśarathasyaitad — this of Daśaratha; bharataḥ — Bharata; kekayīsutaḥ — the son of Kaikeyī; gamanāyābhicakrāma — set out for the journey; śatrughnasahitas — together with Śatrughna; 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.