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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.26

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma agrees that Sītā will accompany him. Sītā rejects separation despite every hardship, Rāma agrees to take her and asks her to distribute their possessions

In the sequence: Rāma embraces her and explains that his reluctance came from concern for her, not inability to protect her → now that he understands her determination, he agrees that she will accompany him

2.27.26

tava sarvam abhiprāyam avijñāya śubhānane
vāsaṃ na rocaye 'raṇye śaktimān api rakṣaṇe

Not knowing your whole mind, O fair-faced one, I did not favor your dwelling in the forest, though I am able to protect you.

Words: tava — your; sarvam — whole, entire; abhiprāyam — intention, mind; avijñāya — not knowing; śubhānane — O fair-faced one; vāsaṃ — dwelling; na — not; rocaye — I favored, desired; 'raṇye — in the forest; śaktimān — capable; api — though; rakṣaṇe — in protecting

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.