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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.3
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: After a sorrowful night, the brothers perform their morning rites and sit together again
2.98.3
tūṣṇīṃ te samupāsīnā na kaś cit kiṃ cid abravīt
bharatas tu suhṛnmadhye rāmavacanam abravīt
They sat down together in silence; no one said anything. But Bharata, in the midst of the friends, spoke words to Rāma.
Words: tūṣṇīṃ — silently; te — they; samupāsīnā — seated together; na kaś cit — no one; kiṃ cid — anything; abravīt — said; bharatas tu — but Bharata; suhṛnmadhye — in the midst of the friends; rāmavacanam — words to Rāma; abravīt — spoke
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.