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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.16

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

2.104.16

āgatā tvām iyaṃ buddhiḥ svajā vainayikī ca yā
bhṛśam utsahase tāta rakṣituṃ pṛthivīm api

This wisdom that has come to you — both inborn and won by discipline — by which, dear one, you are well able even to protect the whole earth:

Words: āgatā — come; tvām — to you; iyaṃ — this; buddhiḥ — wisdom, intelligence; svajā — inborn, self-born; vainayikī — gained by discipline; ca — and; yā — which; bhṛśam — well, greatly; utsahase — you are able; tāta — dear one; rakṣituṃ — to protect; pṛthivīm — the earth; api — even

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.