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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.22

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced. Daśaratha orders preparations and counsels Rāma on self-restraint, ministers and the welfare of his subjects

In the sequence: Daśaratha tells him that he will become heir at the Puṣya conjunction → he advises him to remain humble, control desire and anger, maintain the confidence of his ministers and other parts of the state, and keep his subjects content

2.3.22

sa taṃ sasmitam ābhāṣya putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ
uvācedaṃ vaco rājā devendram iva kaśyapaḥ

That best among fathers, the king, addressing his son with a smile, spoke these words, as Kaśyapa (spoke) to Indra, king of the gods:

Words: sa — he; taṃ — him; sasmitam — with a smile; ābhāṣya — having addressed; putraṃ — the son; putravatāṃ — of those having sons; varaḥ — the best; uvācedaṃ — spoke this; vaco — words, speech; rājā — the king; devendram — Indra, lord of the gods; iva — like, as; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa

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.