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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens. Sumantra lays misleading tracks, Rāma crosses the Tamasā with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa before the followers wake

In the sequence: trusting Bharata to comfort their parents, he thanks Lakṣmaṇa for helping protect Sītā and decides to take only water that night

2.41.5

bharataḥ khalu dharmātmā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca me
dharmārthakāmasahitair vākyair āśvāsayiṣyati

Bharata, righteous of soul, will surely comfort my father and my mother with words attended by dharma, artha, and kāma.

Words: bharataḥ — Bharata; khalu — surely; dharmātmā — righteous of soul; pitaraṃ — father; mātaraṃ — mother; ca — and; me — my; dharmārthakāmasahitair — attended by dharma, artha, and kāma; vākyair — with words; āśvāsayiṣyati — will console

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.