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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 105: Bharata carries the sandals home. The company circles Citrakūṭa, Bharata reports Rāma’s decision to Bharadvāja and recrosses the Yamunā & Gaṅgā toward Ayodhyā

In the sequence: Bharata explains that Rāma remained firm about completing the fourteen years

2.105.10

pituḥ pratijñāṃ tām eva pālayiṣyāmi tattvataḥ
caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi ya pratijñā pitur mama

‘That very promise of my father I shall keep faithfully; for fourteen years is my father's pledge.’

Words: pituḥ — of the father; pratijñāṃ — the promise; tām eva — that very; pālayiṣyāmi — I shall keep; tattvataḥ — faithfully, in truth; caturdaśa — fourteen; hi — for; varṣāṇi — years; ya — which; pratijñā — the promise; pitur — of the father; mama — my

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.