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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.19.9

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 wants Kaikeyī's anxiety ended and Daśaratha spared the anguish of breaking his word

2.19.9

abhiṣekavidhānaṃ tu tasmāt saṃhṛtya lakṣmaṇa
anvag evāham icchāmi vanaṃ gantum itaḥ punaḥ

Therefore, Lakṣmaṇa, having called off the arrangement for the consecration, I wish to go straight from here to the forest without delay.

Words: abhiṣekavidhānaṃ — the arrangement for consecration; tu — but, indeed; tasmāt — therefore; saṃhṛtya — having withdrawn, called off; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; anvag — right after, straightaway; evāham — indeed I; icchāmi — I wish; vanaṃ — to the forest; gantum — to go; itaḥ — from here; punaḥ — again, moreover

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.