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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 31: A throne or one more night. Daśaratha urges Rāma to take the Kingdom, then begs him to stay overnight, Rāma refuses to delay the promise

In the sequence: Sumantra tells Daśaratha that Rāma has given away his possessions and is waiting to say goodbye

2.31.1

sa rāmapreṣitaḥ kṣipraṃ saṃtāpakaluṣendriyaḥ
praviśya nṛpatiṃ sūto niḥśvasantaṃ dadarśa ha

That charioteer, sent by Rāma, his senses clouded with anguish, quickly entered and saw the king sighing.

Words: sa — he; rāmapreṣitaḥ — sent by Rāma; kṣipraṃ — quickly; saṃtāpakaluṣendriyaḥ — his senses clouded by anguish; praviśya — having entered; nṛpatiṃ — the king; sūto — the charioteer; niḥśvasantaṃ — sighing; dadarśa ha — saw indeed

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.