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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.32
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.
2.98.32
bhṛtyānāṃ bharaṇāt samyak prajānāṃ paripālanāt
arthādānāc ca dhārmeṇa pitā nas tridivaṃ gataḥ
By duly maintaining his dependents, by protecting his subjects, and by acquiring wealth righteously, our father has gone to the third heaven.
Words: bhṛtyānāṃ bharaṇāt — from the maintenance of dependents; samyak — properly, duly; prajānāṃ paripālanāt — from the protection of subjects; arthādānāc ca — and from the acquiring of wealth; dhārmeṇa — righteously; pitā nas — our father; tridivaṃ gataḥ — gone to the third heaven
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.