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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.8

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 specifically tells them not to disclose Rāma's exile or Daśaratha's death and sends gifts with them

2.62.8

mā cāsmai proṣitaṃ rāmaṃ mā cāsmai pitaraṃ mṛtam
bhavantaḥ śaṃsiṣur gatvā rāghavāṇām imaṃ kṣayam

And when you have gone, do not, sirs, tell him that Rāma is in exile, nor that his father is dead, nor of this ruin of the Rāghavas.

Words: mā — do not; cāsmai — and to him; proṣitaṃ — gone into exile, abroad; rāmaṃ — Rāma; mā — do not; cāsmai — and to him; pitaraṃ — the father; mṛtam — dead; bhavantaḥ — you (honorific), sirs; śaṃsiṣur — should tell; gatvā — having gone; rāghavāṇām — of the Rāghavas; imaṃ — this; kṣayam — ruin, loss

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.