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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.15

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: Rāma embraces him and assures him that his natural ability, education, and advisers make him capable of governing

2.104.15

tam aṅke bhrātaraṃ kṛtvā rāmo vacanam abravīt
śyāmaṃ nalinapatrākṣaṃ mattahaṃsasvaraḥ svayam

Taking that brother — dark-hued, with eyes like lotus-petals — onto his lap, Rāma himself, with the voice of an exultant goose, spoke:

Words: tam — that; aṅke — on the lap; bhrātaraṃ — brother; kṛtvā — having placed; rāmo — Rāma; vacanam — word; abravīt — spoke; śyāmaṃ — dark-hued; nalinapatrākṣaṃ — with lotus-petal eyes; mattahaṃsasvaraḥ — with the voice of an exultant goose; svayam — himself

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.