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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return. Rāma fears for his parents and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return, Lakṣmaṇa refuses to leave him and steadies his resolve

In the sequence: he reflects bitterly on a father surrendering an obedient son for his wife's wishes and on Bharata receiving the Kingdom

2.47.12

sa hi sarvasya rājyasya mukham ekaṃ bhaviṣyati
tāte ca vayasātīte mayi cāraṇyam āśrite

For he will become the sole head of the entire kingdom, now that our father is advanced in years and I have taken to the forest.

Words: sa hi — for he; sarvasya rājyasya — of the whole kingdom; mukham — the head, chief; ekaṃ — sole; bhaviṣyati — will become; tāte — the father (being); ca — and; vayasātīte — advanced in age; mayi — I (having); cāraṇyam — and the forest; āśrite — resorted to

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.