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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.44

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.

2.4.44

saumitre bhuṅkṣva bhogāṃs tvam iṣṭān rājyaphalāni ca
jīvitaṃ ca hi rājyaṃ ca tvadartham abhikāmaye

Saumitri, enjoy you the desired pleasures and the fruits of sovereignty; for it is for your sake that I long for both life and kingship.”

Words: saumitre — O Saumitri (son of Sumitrā); bhuṅkṣva — enjoy; bhogāṃs — the pleasures; tvam — you; iṣṭān — desired; rājyaphalāni ca — and the fruits of sovereignty; jīvitaṃ ca — and life; hi — for, indeed; rājyaṃ ca — and kingship; tvadartham — for your sake; abhikāmaye — I long for, desire

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.