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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: the messengers tell him that those he asks about are well, withholding the death and exile as instructed → he takes leave of his grandfather, explaining that he must go at once

2.64.13

rājan pitur gamiṣyāmi sakāśaṃ dūtacoditaḥ
punar apy aham eṣyāmi yadā me tvaṃ smariṣyasi

“O king, urged by the messengers I shall go to my father's presence; I shall come again whenever you remember me.”

Words: rājan — O king; pitur — of the father; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; sakāśaṃ — to the presence, near; dūtacoditaḥ — urged by the messengers; punar — again; apy — also; aham — I; eṣyāmi — shall come; yadā — when; me — me; tvaṃ — you; smariṣyasi — will remember

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.