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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Daśaratha’s cremation. The body is lifted from oil and carried to a fragrant-wood pyre, the family offers water in the Sarayū and begins ten days of mourning

In the sequence: Bharata grieves over the decisions made during his absence and asks who will now protect the Kingdom

2.70.6

kiṃ te vyavasitaṃ rājan proṣite mayy anāgate
vivāsya rāmaṃ dharmajñaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam

“What did you resolve, O king, while I was abroad and had not yet come back—banishing righteous Rāma and mighty Lakṣmaṇa?

Words: kiṃ — what; te — by you; vyavasitaṃ — was resolved, determined; rājan — O king; proṣite — while (I was) away abroad; mayy — when I; anāgate — had not returned; vivāsya — having banished; rāmaṃ — Rāma; dharmajñaṃ — the knower of dharma; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; mahābalam — mighty

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.