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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.19.6

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Daśaratha’s resistance: The army offered in Rāma’s place. Daśaratha resists sending the young Rāma, offers himself and his army instead and renews his refusal on hearing of Rāvaṇa’s power

In the sequence: Recovering, Daśaratha protests that Rāma is not yet sixteen and unready to face rākṣasas → he offers to go himself with a full army division and protect the observance

1.19.6

nirvighnā vratavaryā sā bhaviṣyati surakṣitā
ahaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmil na rāma netum arhasi

Well protected, that excellent observance will be free of obstruction; I will go there — you should not take Rāma away.

Words: nirvighnā — free of obstruction; vratavaryā — the excellent observance; sā — that; bhaviṣyati — will be; surakṣitā — well protected; ahaṃ — I; tatra — there; gamiṣyāmil — I shall go; na — not; rāma — Rāma; netum — to take away; arhasi — you should

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.