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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.25

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

2.3.25

kāmatas tvaṃ prakṛtyaiva vinīto guṇavān asi
guṇavaty api tu snehāt putra vakṣyāmi te hitam

By nature and of your own accord you are indeed disciplined and virtuous; yet, though you are virtuous, out of affection, my son, I shall tell you what is good for you.

Words: kāmatas — of your own will, willingly; tvaṃ — you; prakṛtyaiva — by nature itself; vinīto — disciplined, well-trained; guṇavān — virtuous; asi — you are; guṇavaty — though virtuous; api tu — yet, but even so; snehāt — out of affection; putra — O son; vakṣyāmi — I shall tell; te — to you; hitam — what is beneficial, good

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.