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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.101.29

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 101: Rāma rejects Jābāli’s advice. A ruler’s actions guide his subjects, truth sustains trust and no worldly gain justifies breaking his father’s promise

In the sequence: he renews his intention to live with restraint in the forest and fulfill the vow through his own actions.

2.101.29

śataṃ kratūnām āhṛtya devarāṭ tridivaṃ gataḥ
tapāṃsy ugrāṇi cāsthāya divaṃ yātā maharṣayaḥ

Having performed a hundred sacrifices, the king of the gods (Indra) attained heaven; and by undertaking fierce austerities the great seers went to heaven.

Words: śataṃ kratūnām — a hundred sacrifices; āhṛtya — having performed, offered; devarāṭ — the king of the gods (Indra); tridivaṃ gataḥ — went to heaven; tapāṃsy ugrāṇi — fierce austerities; cāsthāya — and having undertaken; divaṃ yātā — went to heaven; maharṣayaḥ — the great seers

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.