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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.7

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

2.1.7

tatrāpi nivasantau tau tarpyamāṇau ca kāmataḥ
bhrātarau smaratāṃ vīrau vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam

Even while dwelling there, gratified to their heart's content, the two heroic brothers kept remembering their aged father, King Daśaratha.

Words: tatrāpi — even there; nivasantau — the two dwelling; tau — those two; tarpyamāṇau — being gratified, satisfied; ca — and; kāmataḥ — to their heart's desire, at will; bhrātarau — the two brothers; smaratāṃ — the two remembered; vīrau — the two heroes; vṛddhaṃ — the aged; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; nṛpam — the king

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.