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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.14

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: his grandfather blesses him and sends greetings to the family and priests

2.64.14

bharatenaivam uktas tu nṛpo mātāmahas tadā
tam uvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ śirasy āghrāya rāghavam

Thus addressed by Bharata, the king his maternal grandfather then, kissing the Rāghava on the head, spoke to him this gracious word:

Words: bharatenaivam — thus by Bharata; uktas — addressed; tu — and; nṛpo — the king; mātāmahas — maternal grandfather; tadā — then; tam — to him; uvāca — said; śubhaṃ — gracious, auspicious; vākyaṃ — word; śirasy — on the head; āghrāya — having kissed (lit. smelled); rāghavam — the Rāghava (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.