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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.6

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: desiring the eventual destruction of Rāvaṇa, they urge Bharata to accept Rāma's decision and let him fulfill the obligation

2.104.6

sadānṛṇam imaṃ rāmaṃ vayam icchāmahe pituḥ
anṛṇatvāc ca kaikeyyāḥ svargaṃ daśaratho gataḥ

We wish this Rāma to be ever free of debt to his father; and by discharging the debt to Kaikeyī, Daśaratha has gone to heaven.

Words: sadānṛṇam — ever free of debt; imaṃ — this; rāmaṃ — Rāma; vayam — we; icchāmahe — we wish; pituḥ — to the father; anṛṇatvāc — because of freedom from debt; ca — and; kaikeyyāḥ — toward Kaikeyī; svargaṃ — to heaven; daśaratho — Daśaratha; gataḥ — has gone

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.