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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.20

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha. Priests and dignitaries gather with the sacred waters, the King fails to appear and Sumantra is sent for Rāma

In the sequence: Daśaratha says he has not been asleep and again orders Rāma brought to him

2.13.20

stuvantaṃ taṃ tadā sūtaṃ sumantraṃ mantrakovidam
pratibudhya tato rājā idaṃ vacanam abravīt

Then the king, awaking, spoke these words to that charioteer Sumantra, skilled in counsel, as he was extolling him:

Words: stuvantaṃ — praising, extolling; taṃ — that; tadā — then; sūtaṃ — charioteer; sumantraṃ — Sumantra; mantrakovidam — skilled in counsel; pratibudhya — having awoken; tato — then; rājā — the king; idaṃ — this; vacanam — speech, words; abravīt — spoke

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.