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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.37

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.

2.98.37

sa svastho bhava mā śoco yātvā cāvasa tāṃ purīm
tathā pitrā niyukto 'si vaśinā vadatāmv vara

So be composed, do not grieve; go and dwell in that city. For so were you commanded by our self-controlled father, O best of speakers.

Words: sa — so, being such; svastho bhava — be composed, be well; mā śoco — do not grieve; yātvā — having gone; cāvasa — and dwell in; tāṃ purīm — that city; tathā — so; pitrā — by (our) father; niyukto 'si — you have been appointed; vaśinā — by the self-controlled one; vadatāmv vara — O best of speakers

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.