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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.3

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: The ṛṣis admire the brothers' conduct

2.104.3

sa dhanyo yasya putrau dvau dharmajñau dharmavikramau
śrutvā vayaṃ hi saṃbhāṣām ubhayoḥ spṛhayāmahe

“Blessed is he whose two sons are knowers of dharma and valiant in dharma; for having heard the converse of the two, we ourselves are filled with longing.”

Words: sa — he; dhanyo — blessed, fortunate; yasya — whose; putrau — two sons; dvau — two; dharmajñau — knowers of dharma (dual); dharmavikramau — valiant in dharma (dual); śrutvā — having heard; vayaṃ — we; hi — indeed; saṃbhāṣām — the conversation; ubhayoḥ — of the two; spṛhayāmahe — we feel longing

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.