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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.2.8

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: The assembly endorses Rāma. Daśaratha proposes handing over responsibility, the assembly praises Rāma’s character and care for his subjects

In the sequence: he says he wishes to rest with the assembly's consent and proposes handing responsibility to Rāma and installing him as heir

2.2.8

so 'haṃ viśramam icchāmi putraṃ kṛtvā prajāhite
saṃnikṛṣṭān imān sarvān anumānya dvijarṣabhān

Therefore I desire rest, having set my son over the welfare of the people, once I have gained the consent of all these bulls among brahmins gathered near me.

Words: so 'haṃ — I who (am here); viśramam — rest, repose; icchāmi — I wish; putraṃ — the son; kṛtvā — having placed, made; prajāhite — for the welfare of the people; saṃnikṛṣṭān — those close by, near; imān — these; sarvān — all; anumānya — having gained the consent of; dvijarṣabhān — the bulls among brahmins

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.