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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.18.18

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

1.18.18

nātyeti kālo yajñasya yathāyaṃ mama rāghava
tathā kuruṣva bhadraṃ te mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ

Let the time of my sacrifice not slip past, as it now stands, O Rāghava; act accordingly — blessings on you — and do not give your mind to sorrow.

Words: nātyeti — does not slip past; kālo — the time; yajñasya — of the sacrifice; yathāyaṃ — as this (now stands); mama — my; rāghava — O Rāghava; tathā — so, accordingly; kuruṣva — act, do; bhadraṃ — blessing, good; te — to you; mā — do not; ca — and; śoke — on grief; manaḥ — the mind; kṛthāḥ — set, make

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.