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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.61.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 61: Ayodhyā without a King. Ministers warn that food production, worship, trade and protection will fail without a ruler and ask Vasiṣṭha to arrange succession

In the sequence: they point out that Daśaratha is dead, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are in the forest, and Bharata and Śatrughna are still with the Kekayas

2.61.6

ubhau bharataśatrughnau kkekayeṣu paraṃtapau
pure rājagṛhe ramye mātāmahaniveśane

Both scorchers of foes, Bharata and Śatrughna, are among the Kekayas, in the lovely city of Rājagṛha, in the dwelling of their maternal grandfather.

Words: ubhau — both; bharataśatrughnau — Bharata and Śatrughna; kkekayeṣu — among the Kekayas; paraṃtapau — the two scorchers of foes; pure — in the city; rājagṛhe — Rājagṛha; ramye — lovely; mātāmahaniveśane — in the dwelling of their maternal grandfather

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.