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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.3

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: Rāma asks Lakṣmaṇa to stop the abhiṣeka preparations

2.19.3

saumitre yo 'bhiṣekārthe mama saṃbhārasaṃbhramaḥ
abhiṣekanivṛttyarthe so 'stu saṃbhārasaṃbhramaḥ

"Saumitri, whatever bustle of preparation there was for the sake of my consecration, let that same bustle of preparation now serve for calling the consecration off.

Words: saumitre — O Saumitri; yo — which; 'bhiṣekārthe — for the sake of the consecration; mama — my; saṃbhārasaṃbhramaḥ — the bustle of gathering materials; abhiṣekanivṛttyarthe — for the purpose of stopping the consecration; so — that; 'stu — let it be; saṃbhārasaṃbhramaḥ — the bustle of preparation

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.