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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.15

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: Bharadvāja praises his conduct and says that such a son preserves Daśaratha's good name

2.105.15

etac chrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
bharadvājaḥ śubhataraṃ munir vākyam udāharat

Having heard this auspicious speech of the great-souled Bharata, the sage Bharadvāja uttered a still more auspicious word:

Words: etac — this; chrutvā — having heard; śubhaṃ — auspicious; vākyaṃ — speech; bharatasya — of Bharata; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; bharadvājaḥ — Bharadvāja; śubhataraṃ — a still more auspicious; munir — the sage; vākyam — word; udāharat — uttered

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.