Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 76: Bharata Performs the Final Rites for Daśaratha
Text 2.76.6
किं ते व्यवसितं राजन्प्रोषिते मय्यनागते।
विवास्य रामं धर्मज्ञं लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्॥
kiṁ te vyavasitaṁ rājan proṣite mayy anāgate
vivāsya rāmaṁ dharmajñaṁ lakṣmaṇaṁ ca mahā-balam
kim = what; te = your; vyavasitam = was intention; rājan = O king; proṣite = in departing to the heavens; mayi = before I; anāgate = returned [from Rājagṛha]; vivāsya = after banishing; rāmam = Rāma; dharmajñam = who knows dharma; lakṣmaṇam = Lakṣmaṇa; ca = and; mahā-balam = of great might.
O king, what was your intention in departing to the heavens after banishing Rāma who knows dharma and Lakṣmaṇa of great might before I returned [from Rājagṛha]?