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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.99.7
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: his own part is the fourteen-year exile; Bharata's is to accept abhiṣeka
2.99.7
tena pitrāham apy atra niyuktaḥ puruṣarṣabha
caturdaśa vane vāsaṃ varṣāṇi varadānikam
By that father I too, O bull among men, was accordingly directed to a dwelling in the forest for fourteen years, as the fulfilment of the boon.
Words: tena — by that; pitrāham — father, I; apy — too; atra — herein, in this matter; niyuktaḥ — was directed, appointed; puruṣarṣabha — O bull among men; caturdaśa — fourteen; vane — in the forest; vāsaṃ — dwelling, residence; varṣāṇi — years; varadānikam — as the granting of the boon
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.