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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.99.9

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

2.99.9

bhavān api tathety eva pitaraṃ satyavādinam
kartum arhati rājendraṃ kṣipram evābhiṣecanāt

You too, by your 'so be it,' ought to make our father, the lord of kings, a keeper of his word, by promptly accepting the consecration.

Words: bhavān api — you too; tathety — 'so be it'; eva — indeed; pitaraṃ — the father; satyavādinam — truthful, a speaker of truth; kartum arhati — ought to make; rājendraṃ — the lord of kings; kṣipram — quickly; evābhiṣecanāt — indeed by the consecration

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.