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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.34

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.

2.98.34

sa jīrṇaṃ mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ parityajya pitā hi naḥ
daivīm ṛddhim anuprāpto brahmalokavihāriṇīm

For our father, casting off his worn-out human body, has attained the divine prosperity that ranges in the world of Brahmā.

Words: sa — he; jīrṇaṃ mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ — the worn-out human body; parityajya — having cast off; pitā hi naḥ — for our father indeed; daivīm ṛddhim — divine prosperity; anuprāpto — attained; brahmalokavihāriṇīm — ranging in the world of Brahmā

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.