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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.28.19

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile. He promises service to Rāma & Sītā and retrieves the paired bows, armour, quivers and swords from their teacher

In the sequence: Rāma asks his help in distributing their possessions among brāhmaṇas, tapasvins, and dependents → first, he is to bring Vasiṣṭha's son Suyajña.

2.28.19

vasantīha dṛḍhaṃ bhaktyā guruṣu dvijasattamāḥ
teṣām api ca me bhūyaḥ sarveṣāṃ copajīvinām

the finest of brahmins who dwell here with firm devotion to their teachers — to all of them, and further to all my dependents.

Words: vasantīha — dwell here; dṛḍhaṃ — firmly; bhaktyā — with devotion; guruṣu — to the teachers; dvijasattamāḥ — the finest of brahmins; teṣām api ca — and to them too; me — my; bhūyaḥ — further, moreover; sarveṣāṃ — to all; copajīvinām — and of the dependents

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.