Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 102: Rāma Performs Śrāddha for King Daśaratha
Text 2.102.7
स रामः स्वर्गतं श्रुत्वा पितरं पृथिवीपतिम्।
उवाच भरतं वाक्यं धर्मात्मा धर्मसंहितम्॥
sa rāmaḥ svar-gataṁ śrutvā pitaraṁ pṛthivī-patim
uvāca bharataṁ vākyaṁ dharmātmā dharma-saṁhitam
saḥ rāmaḥ = Rāma; svaḥ-gatam = had departed to the heavens; śrutvā = upon hearing; pitaram = that His father; pṛthivī-patim = King Daśaratha; uvāca = spoke; bharatam = to Bharata; vākyam = the following words; dharmātmā = whose mind was devoted to dharma; dharma-saṁhitam = in accordance with dharma.
Upon hearing that His father King Daśaratha had departed to the heavens, Rāma whose mind was devoted to dharma spoke the following words in accordance with dharma to Bharata.1
1 Even Rāma’s lamentation was in line with dharma.
किं करिष्याम्ययोध्यायां ताते दिष्टां गतिं गते।
कस्तां राजवराद्धीनामयोध्यां पालयिष्यति॥