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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Summoning Bharata. Five messengers ride to Kekaya with gifts and an urgent summons, forbidden to reveal Daśaratha’s death or Rāma’s exile

In the sequence: he appoints Siddhārtha, Vijaya, Jayanta, Aśoka, and Nandana and tells them to report that the priest and ministers require Bharata urgently

2.62.6

puraṃ rājagṛhaṃ gatvā śīghraṃ śīghrajavair hayaiḥ
tyaktaśokair idaṃ vācyaḥ śāsanād bharato mama

Going quickly to the city of Rājagṛha with swift-speeding horses, you, putting sorrow aside, are to say this to Bharata by my command:

Words: puraṃ — to the city; rājagṛhaṃ — Rājagṛha; gatvā — having gone; śīghraṃ — quickly; śīghrajavair — with swift-speeding; hayaiḥ — horses; tyaktaśokair — (you) having put sorrow aside; idaṃ — this; vācyaḥ — is to be told; śāsanād — by the command; bharato — Bharata; mama — my

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.