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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 19: Rāma attributes the reversal to fate. He cancels the abhiṣeka preparations and asks Lakṣmaṇa to accept Kaikeyī’s change without anger

In the sequence: he therefore intends to leave promptly in bark garments and matted hair, allowing Bharata's ceremony to proceed

2.19.12

buddhiḥ praṇītā yeneyaṃ manaś ca susamāhitam
tat tu nārhāmi saṃkleṣṭuṃ pravrajiṣyāmi māciram

This mind by which such a resolve has been formed, and which is well composed—that I ought not to trouble; I shall go forth to the forest, and without delay.

Words: buddhiḥ — resolve, mind; praṇītā — formed, brought forth; yeneyaṃ — by which this; manaś — and the mind; ca — and; susamāhitam — well composed, steady; tat — that; tu — but; nārhāmi — I ought not; saṃkleṣṭuṃ — to trouble, distress; pravrajiṣyāmi — I shall go forth (to the forest); māciram — without delay

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.