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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.41

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: Kausalyā blesses him, delighted that her prayers have borne fruit

2.4.41

amoghaṃ bata me kṣāntaṃ puruṣe puṣkarekṣaṇe
yeyam ikṣvākurājyaśrīḥ putra tvāṃ saṃśrayiṣyati

Not in vain, indeed, has my devotion to the lotus-eyed Person (Viṣṇu) been endured, since this royal fortune of the Ikṣvākus, my son, will now rest upon you.

Words: amoghaṃ — not in vain, unfailing; bata — indeed; me — my, by me; kṣāntaṃ — borne, endured (my forbearance/austerity); puruṣe — toward the Person (Viṣṇu); puṣkarekṣaṇe — lotus-eyed; yeyam — which this; ikṣvākurājyaśrīḥ — the royal fortune of the Ikṣvākus; putra — O son; tvāṃ — you; saṃśrayiṣyati — will rest upon, resort to

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.