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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.5

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: the brothers are warmly received there, but continue to think of their father; Daśaratha also misses them

2.1.5

yudhājit prāpya bharataṃ saśatrughnaṃ praharṣitaḥ
svapuraṃ prāviśad vīraḥ pitā tasya tutoṣa ha

Yudhājit, having gained Bharata along with Śatrughna, greatly delighted, entered his own city, the hero; and his (Bharata's) father was pleased.

Words: yudhājit — Yudhājit; prāpya — having obtained, gained; bharataṃ — Bharata; saśatrughnaṃ — together with Śatrughna; praharṣitaḥ — greatly delighted; svapuraṃ — his own city; prāviśad — entered; vīraḥ — the hero; pitā — the father; tasya — his; tutoṣa — was pleased; ha — indeed

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.