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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.4

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

2.1.4

āpṛcchya pitaraṃ śūro rāmaṃ cākliṣṭakāriṇam
mātṝṃś cāpi naraśreṣṭhaḥ śatrughnasahito yayau

Having taken leave of his father, and of Rāma the tireless doer of deeds, and of his mothers as well, that best of men, the hero, set off together with Śatrughna.

Words: āpṛcchya — having taken leave of; pitaraṃ — the father; śūro — the hero; rāmaṃ — Rāma; cākliṣṭakāriṇam — and the tireless doer; mātṝṃś — the mothers; cāpi — and also; naraśreṣṭhaḥ — the best of men; śatrughnasahito — together with Śatrughna; yayau — went, set off

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.