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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.6

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: Sumantra fetches Rāma by chariot

2.3.6

tataḥ sumantraṃ dyutimān rājā vacanam abravīt
rāmaḥ kṛtātmā bhavatā śīghram ānīiyatām iti

Then the resplendent king said these words to Sumantra: “Let the noble-souled Rāma be brought here by you at once.”

Words: tataḥ — then; sumantraṃ — Sumantra; dyutimān — the resplendent; rājā — the king; vacanam — words, speech; abravīt — said, spoke; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kṛtātmā — the noble-souled, disciplined; bhavatā — by you (honorific); śīghram — quickly, at once; ānīiyatām — let (him) be brought; iti — thus (end quote)

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.