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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.18.16

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 18: Viśvāmitra’s request: Rāma’s protection of the sacrifice. Viśvāmitra asks for Rāma to protect his sacrifice from Mārīca & Subāhu, promising the prince’s safety and advancement

In the sequence: with the advisers' agreement, Daśaratha should release his son for the sacrifice's ten nights and not let the appointed time pass

1.18.16

yady abhyanujñāṃ kākutstha dadate tava mantriṇaḥ
vasiṣṭha pramukhāḥ sarve tato rāmaṃ visarjaya

If your counsellors, O Kākutstha, with Vasiṣṭha at their head, all give their consent, then send Rāma forth.

Words: yady — if; abhyanujñāṃ — consent, permission; kākutstha — O Kākutstha (descendant of Kakutstha); dadate — give; tava — your; mantriṇaḥ — the counsellors; vasiṣṭha — Vasiṣṭha; pramukhāḥ — having at the head, foremost; sarve — all; tato — then; rāmaṃ — Rāma; visarjaya — send forth, dispatch

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.