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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 98: Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer. Bharata asks him to restore the Kingdom, Rāma teaches the inevitability of loss, separation and death

In the sequence: Rāma answers that possessions end in loss, meetings in separation, and life in death

2.98.13

tasya sādhv ity amanyanta nāgarā vividhā janāḥ
bharatasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāmaṃ pratyanuyācataḥ

“Good!” thought the townsfolk, the various people, on hearing the speech of Bharata as he entreated Rāma in return.

Words: tasya — his; sādhv ity — “well done”, thus; amanyanta — they thought, approved; nāgarā — the townsmen; vividhā janāḥ — the various people; bharatasya vacaḥ — Bharata's speech; śrutvā — having heard; rāmaṃ — Rāma; pratyanuyācataḥ — as he entreated in return

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.