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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.38

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.

2.98.38

yatrāham api tenaiva niyuktaḥ puṇyakarmaṇā
tatraivāhaṃ kariṣyāmi pitur āryasya śāsanam

In that very duty to which I too was appointed by him of holy deeds, there I shall carry out the command of my noble father.

Words: yatrāham api — where I too; tenaiva — by him alone; niyuktaḥ — appointed; puṇyakarmaṇā — by him of holy deeds; tatraivāhaṃ — there indeed I; kariṣyāmi — shall carry out; pitur āryasya — of my noble father; śāsanam — the command

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.