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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.43

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.

2.4.43

lakṣmaṇemāṃ mayā sārdhaṃ praśādhi tvaṃ vasuṃdharām
dvitīyaṃ me 'ntarātmānaṃ tvām iyaṃ śrīr upasthitā

“Lakṣmaṇa, rule you this earth together with me; this royal fortune has come to you, who are my second self.

Words: lakṣmaṇemāṃ — O Lakṣmaṇa, this; mayā sārdhaṃ — together with me; praśādhi — rule, govern; tvaṃ — you; vasuṃdharām — the earth; dvitīyaṃ — second; me 'ntarātmānaṃ — my inner self; tvām — you; iyaṃ — this; śrīr — royal fortune; upasthitā — has come, drawn near

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.