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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.42

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: Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that they will share the responsibilities and benefits of rule, calling him his second self → he takes leave and returns home.

2.4.42

ity evam ukto mātredaṃ rāmo bhāratam abravīt
prāñjaliṃ prahvam āsīnam abhivīkṣya smayann iva

Thus addressed by his mother, Rāma said this to the brother (Lakṣmaṇa), looking at him seated with palms joined and bowed low, and, as it were, smiling:

Words: ity evam ukto — thus addressed; mātredaṃ — by the mother, this; rāmo — Rāma; bhāratam — to the brother (Lakṣmaṇa); abravīt — said; prāñjaliṃ — with joined palms; prahvam — bowed low, humble; āsīnam — seated; abhivīkṣya — having looked at; smayann iva — as if smiling

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.