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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.31
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: he urges Bharata to honor their father's good life by carrying out his instruction, just as he himself will do.
2.98.31
dharmātmā sa śubhaiḥ kṛtsnaiḥ kratubhiś cāptadakṣiṇaiḥ
dhūtapāpo gataḥ svargaṃ pitā naḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
That righteous soul, our father the lord of the earth, by all his auspicious sacrifices with their fees duly bestowed, has shaken off all sin and gone to heaven.
Words: dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; sa — he; śubhaiḥ kṛtsnaiḥ — by all the auspicious (rites); kratubhiś — by sacrifices; cāptadakṣiṇaiḥ — and with fees duly given; dhūtapāpo — with sins shaken off; gataḥ svargaṃ — gone to heaven; pitā naḥ — our father; pṛthivīpatiḥ — lord of the earth
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.