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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.24

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

2.40.24

na punar niścayaḥ kāryas tvadgatau sukṛtā matiḥ
tvayi dharmavyapekṣe tu kiṃ syād dharmam avekṣitum

No further resolve need be made; our mind is firmly set on following you; and since you have regard for righteousness, what further need is there to consider what righteousness is?

Words: na punar — not again, no further; niścayaḥ — resolve, decision; kāryas — is to be made; tvadgatau — on going after you; sukṛtā — well made, firmly set; matiḥ — the mind, resolve; tvayi — in you (loc.); dharmavyapekṣe — who have regard for righteousness; tu — but, and; kiṃ syād — what would be (the need); dharmam — righteousness; avekṣitum — to consider, examine

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.