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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.22

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 40: The citizens follow to the Tamasā. Rāma asks them to support Bharata, then leaves his chariot to walk beside the elderly brāhmaṇas

In the sequence: the brāhmaṇas explain that they have brought their sacred fires and the white parasols earned through Vājapeya sacrifices, which they offer to hold over him for shade

2.40.22

yā hi naḥ satataṃ buddhir vedamantrānusāriṇī
tvatkṛte sā kṛtā vatsa vanavāsānusāriṇī

That mind of ours which ever followed the mantras of the Veda has, for your sake, dear child, been made to follow you into forest-dwelling.

Words: yā — which; hi — for, indeed; naḥ — our; satataṃ — constantly, ever; buddhir — mind, intellect; vedamantrānusāriṇī — following the Vedic mantras; tvatkṛte — for your sake; sā — that; kṛtā — made; vatsa — O dear child; vanavāsānusāriṇī — following (you) into forest-dwelling

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.