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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 104: Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals. Rāma steps into the gold-adorned sandals and returns them, Bharata circles him and prepares to depart

In the sequence: Bharata makes one more appeal, saying the people look to Rāma and that he cannot protect the Kingdom alone

2.104.10

rājadharmam anuprekṣya kuladharmānusaṃtatim
kartum arhasi kākutstha mama mātuś ca yācanām

Considering the duty of a king and the unbroken continuity of family dharma, you ought, O Kākutstha, to grant the entreaty of me and of my mother.

Words: rājadharmam — the king's dharma; anuprekṣya — having considered; kuladharmānusaṃtatim — the continuity of family dharma; kartum — to fulfill; arhasi — you ought; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; mama — of me; mātuś — of the mother; ca — and; yācanām — the entreaty

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.