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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.27

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: they say their sacrifices depend on his return and plead with him as the party reaches the Tamasā River.

2.40.27

bhaktimanti hi bhūtāni jaṃgamājaṃgamāni ca
yācamāneṣu teṣu tvaṃ bhaktiṃ bhakteṣu darśaya

For all beings, moving and unmoving, are devoted to you; while they entreat you, do you show devotion in return to the devoted.

Words: bhaktimanti — full of devotion; hi — for, indeed; bhūtāni — beings, creatures; jaṃgamājaṃgamāni — moving and unmoving; ca — and; yācamāneṣu — entreating (loc. abs.); teṣu — them; tvaṃ — you; bhaktiṃ — devotion; bhakteṣu — toward the devoted; darśaya — show

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.