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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: The walk to Daśaratha’s palace. Seeing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa without royal honours, citizens propose leaving Ayodhyā to follow them

In the sequence: Rāma hears them without changing his decision and asks Sumantra to announce him to the King.

2.30.24

pitur nideśena tu dharmavatsalo vanapraveśe kṛtabuddhiniścayaḥ
sa rāghavaḥ prekṣya sumantram abravīn nivedayasvāgamanaṃ nṛpāya me

But that Rāghava, devoted to dharma, having firmly resolved by his father's command upon entering the forest, looked at Sumantra and said: “Announce my coming to the king.”

Words: pitur nideśena — by his father's command; tu — but; dharmavatsalo — devoted to dharma; vanapraveśe — upon entering the forest; kṛtabuddhiniścayaḥ — having made firm resolve of mind; sa rāghavaḥ — that Rāghava; prekṣya — having looked at; sumantram — Sumantra; abravīn — said; nivedayasvāgamanaṃ — announce the coming; nṛpāya — to the king; me — my

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.