Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 72: Kaikeyī Informs Bharata About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.72.37-38

इमां तु पश्चिमां वाचं व्याजहार पिता तव।
कालधर्मपरिक्षिप्तः पाशैरिव महागजः॥

सिद्धार्थास्ते नरा राममागतं सीतया सह।
लक्ष्मणं च महाबाहुं द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुनरागतम्॥

vyājahāra pitā tava imāṁ tu paścimāṁ vācaṁ
kāla-dharma-parikṣiptaḥ pāśair iva mahā-gajaḥ

siddhārthās te narā rāmam āgataṁ sītayā saha
lakṣmaṇaṁ ca mahā-bāhuṁ drakṣyanti punar āgatam

imām tu = these; paścimām = final; vācam = words; vyājahāra = he uttered; pitā = father; tava = Your; kāla-dharma-parikṣiptaḥ = when was overcome by the force of death; pāśaiḥ = [overcome] by ropes; iva = like; mahā-gajaḥ = a great elephant; siddha-arthāḥ = will fulfill their purposes; te = when they; narāḥ = men; rāmam = Rāma; āgatam = return; sītayā = Sītā; saha = with; lakṣmaṇam = Lakṣmaṇa; ca = and [when they see]; mahā-bāhum = the mighty-armed; drakṣyanti = see; punaḥ āgatam = return.

When Your father was overcome by the force of death like a great elephant [overcome] by ropes, he uttered these final words, “Men will fulfill their purposes when they see Rāma return with Sītā and [when they see] the mighty-armed Lakṣmaṇa return.”