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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.4

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: Rāma asks them to transfer their affection to Bharata, obey him, and help prevent Daśaratha from grieving

2.40.4

sa yācyamānaḥ kākutsthaḥ svābhiḥ prakṛtibhis tadā
kurvāṇaḥ pitaraṃ satyaṃ vanam evānvapadyata

Though entreated by his own subjects, Kākutstha then, making his father's word come true, went on toward the forest all the same.

Words: sa — he; yācyamānaḥ — being entreated, begged; kākutsthaḥ — Kākutstha (Rāma); svābhiḥ — by his own; prakṛtibhis — by his subjects; tadā — then; kurvāṇaḥ — making, rendering; pitaraṃ — father; satyaṃ — true; vanam — to the forest; evānvapadyata — went on toward all the same

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.