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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.12

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

2.31.12

sa sūto rāmam ādāya lakṣmaṇaṃ maithilīṃ tadā
jagāmābhimukhas tūrṇaṃ sakāśaṃ jagatīpateḥ

That charioteer, taking Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and the Maithilī, then went swiftly straight to the presence of the lord of the world.

Words: sa sūto — that charioteer; rāmam ādāya — taking Rāma; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; maithilīṃ — the Maithilī (Sītā); tadā — then; jagāmābhimukhas — went facing, toward; tūrṇaṃ — swiftly; sakāśaṃ — to the presence; jagatīpateḥ — of the lord of the world

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.