Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 79: Bharata Prepares to go With His Army to Meet Rāma
Text 2.79.2
गतो दशरथः स्वर्गं यो नो गुरुतरो गुरुः।
रामं प्रव्राज्य वै ज्येष्ठं लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्॥
gato daśarathaḥ svargaṁ yo no gurutaro guruḥ
rāmaṁ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṁ lakṣmaṇaṁ ca mahā-balam
gataḥ = and then departed; daśarathaḥ = daśaratha; svargam = to Svarga; yaḥ1 naḥ = our; gurutaraḥ = among authorities; guruḥ = the supreme; rāmam = Rāma; pravrājya vai = has banished; jyeṣṭham = His eldest son; lakṣmaṇam = Lakṣmaṇa; ca = and; mahā-balam = of great strength.
Daśaratha, the supreme among our authorities, has banished His eldest son Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa of great strength and then departed to Svarga.
1 Technical note: yaḥ daśarathaḥ.