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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.10

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: Rāma replies that he can never fully repay his parents' care and will not invalidate the command he accepted from his father

2.103.10

yathāśakti pradānena snāpanāc chādanena ca
nityaṃ ca priyavādena tathā saṃvardhanena ca

— by giving to the best of their ability, by bathing and clothing, by constant kind words, and likewise by nurturing.

Words: yathāśakti — according to ability; pradānena — by giving; snāpanāc — by bathing; chādanena — by clothing; ca — and; nityaṃ — constantly; ca — and; priyavādena — by kind speech; tathā — likewise; saṃvardhanena — by nurturing; ca — and

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.