← 2.23.20 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 23: Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā · 2.23.22 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.23.21

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 23: Rāma asks Sītā to remain in Ayodhyā. Rāma reveals the exile and asks Sītā to respect Bharata’s authority, honour the Queens and care for his grieving parents

In the sequence: he explains the two boons, Bharata's succession, and his own fourteen-year exile

2.23.21

tayādya mama sajje 'sminn abhiṣeke nṛpodyate
pracoditaḥ sa samayo dharmeṇa pratinirjitaḥ

Now, when this consecration of mine was prepared and set going by the king, she pressed for that compact, and my father, bound by dharma, was overmastered.

Words: tayādya — by her now; mama — my; sajje 'sminn — in this prepared; abhiṣeke — consecration; nṛpodyate — set going by the king; pracoditaḥ — urged, pressed; sa samayo — that compact; dharmeṇa — by dharma; pratinirjitaḥ — overmastered, won over

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.