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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.14

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

2.47.14

manye daśarathāntāya mama pravrājanāya ca
kaikeyī saumya saṃprāptā rājyāya bharatasya ca

I think, gentle one, that Kaikeyī has come into our house for Daśaratha's end, for my banishment, and for the kingship of Bharata.

Words: manye — I think; daśarathāntāya — for the end of Daśaratha; mama pravrājanāya ca — and for my banishment; kaikeyī — Kaikeyī; saumya — O gentle one; saṃprāptā — has come, arrived; rājyāya — for the kingship; bharatasya ca — and of Bharata

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.