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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: privately, Daśaratha explains that he has fulfilled his life's obligations and wishes to see his son installed before he dies

2.4.14

anubhūtāni ceṣṭāni mayā vīra sukhāni ca
devarṣi pitṛviprāṇām anṛṇo 'smi tathātmanaḥ

The desired pleasures too have been experienced by me, O hero; and I am free of debt to the gods, the sages, the ancestors, and the brahmins, and likewise to myself.

Words: anubhūtāni — experienced, enjoyed; ceṣṭāni — and the desired (ones); mayā — by me; vīra — O hero; sukhāni ca — and pleasures; devarṣi — of gods and sages; pitṛviprāṇām — of ancestors and brahmins; anṛṇo 'smi — I am free of debt; tathātmanaḥ — and likewise to myself

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.