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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.14.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Rāma answers the summons. Expecting his abhiṣeka and assuming Kaikeyī’s support, Rāma takes leave of Sītā and rides out with Lakṣmaṇa

In the sequence: Sumantra is admitted through the guarded courtyards and finds Rāma seated with Sītā beside him

2.14.5

prativeditam ājñāya sūtam abhyantaraṃ pituḥ
tatraivānāyayām āsa rāghavaḥ priyakāmyayā

Learning that it had been announced, Rāghava, wishing to please, had the charioteer — his father's intimate — brought right there.

Words: prativeditam — (that it was) announced; ājñāya — having learned; sūtam — the charioteer; abhyantaraṃ — intimate, inner; pituḥ — of (his) father; tatraivānāyayām āsa — had (him) brought right there; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; priyakāmyayā — out of the wish to please

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.