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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Daśaratha’s remaining rites. Bharata performs śrāddha and distributes gifts, the brothers grieve over the ashes and bones, Vasiṣṭha & Sumantra help them complete their duties

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha raises and comforts Bharata, while Sumantra does the same for Śatrughna → reminded that death is unavoidable, they recover enough to complete the remaining duties.

2.71.24

utthitau tau naravyāghrau prakāśete yaśasvinau
varṣātapapariklinnau pṛthag indradhvajāv iva

Risen up, those two tigers among men, illustrious, shone like two separate banners of Indra drenched by rain and sun.

Words: utthitau — risen up (both); tau — those two; naravyāghrau — tigers among men; prakāśete — shone forth; yaśasvinau — illustrious (both); varṣātapapariklinnau — drenched by rain and sun; pṛthag — separately; indradhvajāv iva — like Indra's banners

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.