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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort. Daśaratha offers troops and supplies, Kaikeyī cites Asamañja’s exile, Siddhārtha distinguishes Rāma’s innocence

In the sequence: he wants the granary and treasury sent too, so that Rāma can live comfortably and perform religious rites while Bharata governs Ayodhyā

2.32.5

nighnan mṛgān kuñjarāṃś ca pibaṃś cāraṇyakaṃ madhu
nadīś ca vividhāḥ paśyan na rājyaṃ saṃsmariṣyati

Slaying deer and elephants, drinking wild forest honey, and gazing on rivers of many kinds, he will not remember the kingdom.

Words: nighnan — slaying; mṛgān — deer, game; kuñjarāṃś — elephants; ca — and; pibaṃś — drinking; cāraṇyakaṃ — and forest-(honey); madhu — honey; nadīś — rivers; ca — and; vividhāḥ — various, of many kinds; paśyan — seeing; na — not; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; saṃsmariṣyati — will remember

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.