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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.99.15
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 99: Rāma explains Daśaratha’s obligations. The marriage pledge and wartime boons bind the succession, Bharata & Śatrughna must govern while Rāma & Lakṣmaṇa remain in the forest
In the sequence: he tells Bharata to return with Śatrughna and govern the people, while he continues with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa into Daṇḍaka
2.99.15
ayodhyāṃ gaccha bharata prakṛtīr anurañjaya
śatrughna sahito vīra saha sarvair dvijātibhiḥ
Go to Ayodhyā, Bharata, and win the affection of the subjects, accompanied by Śatrughna, O hero, together with all the twice-born.
Words: ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; gaccha — go; bharata — O Bharata; prakṛtīr — the subjects; anurañjaya — win over, please; śatrughna sahito — accompanied by Śatrughna; vīra — O hero; saha sarvair — together with all; dvijātibhiḥ — the twice-born (brahmins)
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.