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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.66.28

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Kaikeyī’s disclosure. Bharata learns that Daśaratha died calling for the exiles, Kaikeyī admits arranging Rāma’s banishment and urges him to claim the throne

In the sequence: he asks for Rāma, whom he now regards as his father and refuge, and for Daśaratha's final words

2.66.28

ārye kim abravīd rājā pitā me satyavikramaḥ
paścimaṃ sādhusaṃdeśam icchāmi śrotum ātmanaḥ

“Noble lady, what did the king, my father of true valour, say? I wish to hear his last good message to me.”

Words: ārye — O noble lady; kim — what; abravīd — said; rājā — the king; pitā — father; me — my; satyavikramaḥ — of true valour; paścimaṃ — last; sādhusaṃdeśam — good message; icchāmi — I wish; śrotum — to hear; ātmanaḥ — for myself, his own

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.