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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.63

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 says ruling and maintaining a household are appropriate duties for Rāma at this stage of life → he asks Vasiṣṭha to install Rāma there in the forest and offers once again to stay if Rāma will not return → Rāma remains firm, while the gathering joins Bharata's appeal.

2.98.63

abhiṣiktas tvam asmābhir ayodhyāṃ pālane vraja
vijitya tarasā lokān marudbhir iva vāsavaḥ

Once consecrated by us, go to rule Ayodhyā, having swiftly conquered the worlds as Vāsava (Indra) conquered them with the Maruts.

Words: abhiṣiktas tvam — you, once consecrated; asmābhir — by us; ayodhyāṃ — Ayodhyā; pālane vraja — go to (its) rule; vijitya tarasā lokān — having swiftly conquered the worlds; marudbhir iva vāsavaḥ — like Vāsava (Indra) with the Maruts

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.