Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 103: Bharata attempts a fast · 2.103.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 103: Bharata attempts a fast. He spreads grass and refuses to leave, then offers to serve the exile himself, Rāma rejects substitution and promises to rule after fourteen years

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha adds that a teacher, like a father and mother, deserves obedience, and asks Rāma to heed him

2.103.1

vasiṣṭhas tu tadā rāmam uktvā rājapurohitaḥ
abravīd dharmasaṃyuktaṃ punar evāparaṃ vacaḥ

Then Vasiṣṭha, the royal chaplain, having spoken to Rāma, uttered yet another word full of dharma:

Words: vasiṣṭhas — Vasiṣṭha; tu — and; tadā — then; rāmam — to Rāma; uktvā — having spoken; rājapurohitaḥ — the royal chaplain; abravīd — spoke; dharmasaṃyuktaṃ — filled with dharma; punar — again; evāparaṃ — indeed another; vacaḥ — word

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.