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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.18.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 18: Resistance or obedience. Lakṣmaṇa offers force and Kausalyā asks Rāma to stay, Rāma cites ancestral precedents and upholds his father’s word

In the sequence: he promises to defeat any opposition, including Bharata's supporters, and says that wherever Rāma goes, he will go first

2.18.15

harāmi vīryād duḥkhaṃ te tamaḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ
devī paśyatu me vīryaṃ rāghavaś caiva paśyatu

By my valour I shall take away your sorrow, as the risen sun dispels darkness; let the queen behold my prowess, and let Rāghava behold it too.

Words: harāmi — I take away; vīryād — by valour; duḥkhaṃ — sorrow; te — your; tamaḥ — darkness; sūrya — the sun; ivoditaḥ — as though risen; devī — the queen; paśyatu — let (her) behold; me — my; vīryaṃ — prowess, valour; rāghavaś — Rāghava; caiva — and too; paśyatu — let (him) behold

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.