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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.39

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.

2.98.39

na mayā śāsanaṃ tasya tyaktuṃ nyāyyam ariṃdama
tat tvayāpi sadā mānyaṃ sa vai bandhuḥ sa naḥ pitā

It is not right for me to abandon his command, O tamer of foes; and by you too it must ever be honored—he is indeed our kinsman, he our father.

Words: na mayā — not by me; śāsanaṃ tasya — his command; tyaktuṃ — to abandon; nyāyyam — proper, right; ariṃdama — O tamer of foes; tat — that; tvayāpi — by you too; sadā — always; mānyaṃ — to be honored; sa vai bandhuḥ — he indeed is (our) kinsman; sa naḥ pitā — he (is) our father

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.