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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.39

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile. Kaikeyī explains the boons, Rāma agrees, asks for Bharata’s return and leaves to speak to Kausalyā & Sītā

In the sequence: Rāma asks that Bharata be summoned and Daśaratha comforted → Kaikeyī presses him to leave quickly, saying the King will neither eat nor bathe until he has gone → Daśaratha collapses again, and Rāma helps him up

2.16.39

evaṃ bhavatu yāsyanti dūtāḥ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ
bharataṃ mātulakulād upāvartayituṃ narāḥ

“So be it; men shall go as messengers on swift-paced horses to bring Bharata back from his uncle's house.”

Words: evaṃ — so; bhavatu — let it be; yāsyanti — will go; dūtāḥ — as messengers; śīghrajavair — of swift speed; hayaiḥ — on horses; bharataṃ — Bharata; mātulakulād — from his uncle's house; upāvartayituṃ — to bring back; narāḥ — men

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.