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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.21

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

2.13.21

na caiva saṃprasuto 'ham ānayed āśu rāghavam
iti rājā daśarathaḥ sūtaṃ tatrānvaśāt punaḥ

“I am not asleep at all; let one quickly bring the Rāghava (Rāma)”—thus King Daśaratha again commanded the charioteer there.

Words: na — not; caiva — at all, and indeed; saṃprasuto — asleep; 'ham — I am; ānayed — let one bring; āśu — quickly; rāghavam — the Rāghava (Rāma); iti — thus; rājā — king; daśarathaḥ — Daśaratha; sūtaṃ — the charioteer; tatrānvaśāt — commanded there; punaḥ — again

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.