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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.28
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
2.3.28
tuṣṭānuraktaprakṛtir yaḥ pālayati medinīm
tasya nandanti mitrāṇi labdhvāmṛtam ivāmarāḥ
tasmāt putra tvam ātmānaṃ niyamyaiva samācara
The friends of one who rules the earth with his subjects contented and devoted rejoice, as the immortals do on obtaining the nectar; therefore, my son, conduct yourself keeping yourself ever restrained.
Words: tuṣṭānuraktaprakṛtir — whose subjects are contented and devoted; yaḥ — who; pālayati — protects, rules; medinīm — the earth; tasya — his; nandanti — rejoice; mitrāṇi — the friends; labdhvāmṛtam — having obtained the nectar; ivāmarāḥ — as the immortals; tasmāt — therefore; putra — O son; tvam — you; ātmānaṃ — yourself; niyamyaiva — keeping restrained; samācara — conduct yourself, act
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.