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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.82.26
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 proposes remaining in the forest with Śatrughna while Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa return to rule → if Rāma refuses, Bharata will follow him rather than return alone.
2.82.26
abhiṣekṣyanti kākutstham ayodhyāyāṃ dvijātayaḥ
api me devatāḥ kuryur imaṃ satyaṃ manoratham
The brahmins shall consecrate Kākutstha in Ayodhyā; may the gods make this heart's desire of mine come true.
Words: abhiṣekṣyanti — will consecrate, anoint; kākutstham — Kākutstha (Rāma); ayodhyāyāṃ — in Ayodhyā; dvijātayaḥ — the twice-born (brahmins); api — may (particle of wish); me — my; devatāḥ — the gods; kuryur — may make; imaṃ — this; satyaṃ — true; manoratham — heart's desire
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.