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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.82.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 82: Bharata examines the grass bed. Traces of Sītā’s gold and silk reveal where she slept, he vows to adopt forest life and offer himself in Rāma’s place

In the sequence: he vows to sleep on the ground, eat forest food, and wear bark and matted hair himself

2.82.24

tasyārtham uttaraṃ kālaṃ nivatsyāmi sukhaṃ vane
taṃ pratiśravam āmucya nāsya mithyā bhaviṣyati

For his sake I shall dwell happily in the forest for the time to come; by taking upon myself that pledge of his, it shall not be rendered false.

Words: tasyārtham — for his sake; uttaraṃ — later, subsequent; kālaṃ — time; nivatsyāmi — I will dwell; sukhaṃ — happily; vane — in the forest; taṃ — that; pratiśravam — promise, pledge; āmucya — having taken on, assumed; nāsya — not his; mithyā — false; bhaviṣyati — it will be

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.