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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.27.4

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: Sītā challenges Rāma's courage and asks why he fears taking a wife who is devoted to him

2.27.4

anṛtaṃ balaloko 'yam ajñānād yad dhi vakṣyati
tejo nāsti paraṃ rāme tapatīva divākare

This ignorant world would be speaking a falsehood, out of ignorance, if it said there is no splendor surpassing that in Rāma—Rāma who blazes as the sun blazes.

Words: anṛtaṃ — untruth, falsely; balaloko — this ignorant world; 'yam — this; ajñānād — out of ignorance; yad — that, in that; dhi — indeed; vakṣyati — will say; tejo — splendor, valor; nāsti — there is not; paraṃ — surpassing, higher; rāme — in Rāma; tapatīva — blazes as it were; divākare — in the sun

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.