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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.18

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 asks him to abandon this attempt to compel him and return to Ayodhyā

2.103.18

uttiṣṭha naraśārdūla hitvaitad dāruṇaṃ vratam
puravaryām itaḥ kṣipram ayodhyāṃ yāhi rāghava

Rise, O tiger among men, abandoning this cruel vow; go quickly from here to Ayodhyā, the finest of cities, O Rāghava.

Words: uttiṣṭha — rise; naraśārdūla — O tiger among men; hitvaitad — abandoning this; dāruṇaṃ — cruel; vratam — vow; puravaryām — to the finest of cities; itaḥ — from here; kṣipram — quickly; ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; yāhi — go; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.