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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.12.22

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 12: Daśaratha summons Rāma. Kaikeyī insists on the promise, Daśaratha repudiates her & Bharata, Sumantra leaves unaware of the exile

In the sequence: Kaikeyī directs Sumantra to fetch Rāma → Sumantra sees the King's distress but does not understand its cause; he leaves believing the summons concerns the abhiṣeka.

2.12.22

sumantraś cintayām āsa tvaritaṃ coditas tayā
vyaktaṃ rāmo 'bhiṣekārtham ihāyāsyati dharmavit

Sumantra, hurriedly urged on by her, reflected: “Clearly the righteous Rāma will come here for his consecration.”

Words: sumantraś — Sumantra; cintayām āsa — reflected, thought; tvaritaṃ — hurriedly, in haste; coditas — urged; tayā — by her; vyaktaṃ — clearly, evidently; rāmo — Rāma; 'bhiṣekārtham — for the sake of the consecration; ihāyāsyati — will come here; dharmavit — the knower of dharma

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.