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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.11

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: Daśaratha gathers his wives and has the three travelers admitted

2.31.11

āgateṣu ca dāreṣu samavekṣya mahīpatiḥ
uvāca rājā taṃ sūtaṃ sumantrānaya me sutam

And when his wives had come, the king, having looked at them, said to that charioteer: “Sumantra, bring me my son.”

Words: āgateṣu ca dāreṣu — and when the wives had come; samavekṣya — having looked at; mahīpatiḥ — the king; uvāca rājā — the king said; taṃ sūtaṃ — to that charioteer; sumantrānaya — Sumantra, bring; me sutam — my son

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.