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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.44

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: Bharata admires Rāma's steadiness but argues that a good son should correct a father's harmful decision → he rejects Kaikeyī's action and asks Rāma to rescue the family and people from its consequences

2.98.44

amaropamasattvas tvaṃ mahātmā satyasaṃgaraḥ
sarvajñaḥ sarvadarśī ca buddhimāṃś cāsi rāghava

You are of a nature like the immortals, great-souled, true to your word; you are all-knowing, all-seeing, and wise, O Rāghava.

Words: amaropamasattvas — of nature like the immortals; tvaṃ — you; mahātmā — great-souled; satyasaṃgaraḥ — true to your promise; sarvajñaḥ — all-knowing; sarvadarśī ca — and all-seeing; buddhimāṃś cāsi — and you are wise; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.