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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.33
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.
2.98.33
iṣṭvā bahuvidhair yajñair bhogāṃś cāvāpya puṣkalān
uttamaṃ cāyur āsādya svar gataḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
Having sacrificed with manifold sacrifices, having won abundant enjoyments, and having attained the fullest span of life, the lord of the earth has gone to heaven.
Words: iṣṭvā — having sacrificed; bahuvidhair yajñair — with manifold sacrifices; bhogāṃś cāvāpya — and having won enjoyments; puṣkalān — abundant, ample; uttamaṃ cāyur — and the highest lifespan; āsādya — having attained; svar gataḥ — gone to heaven; pṛthivīpatiḥ — the 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.