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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.7

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

2.32.7

yajan puṇyeṣu deśeṣu visṛjaṃś cāptadakṣiṇāḥ
ṛṣibhiś ca samāgamya pravatsyati sukhaṃ vane

Sacrificing in holy places, bestowing ample sacrificial fees, and consorting with the sages, he will dwell happily in the forest.

Words: yajan — sacrificing; puṇyeṣu — in holy; deśeṣu — places; visṛjaṃś — bestowing, distributing; cāptadakṣiṇāḥ — and ample sacrificial fees; ṛṣibhiś — with the sages; ca — and; samāgamya — having met, consorted; pravatsyati — he will dwell; sukhaṃ — happily; vane — in the forest

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.