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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.25

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: Rāma refuses to make his father's promise false → Daśaratha then asks him to stay at least one more night

2.31.25

bhavān varṣasahasrāya pṛthivyā nṛpate patiḥ
ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi na me kāryaṃ tvayānṛtam

“You, O king, are lord of the earth for a thousand years; but I shall dwell in the forest. I have no wish that you be made false.

Words: bhavān — you (honorific); varṣasahasrāya — for a thousand years; pṛthivyā — of the earth; nṛpate — O king; patiḥ — lord; ahaṃ tv — but I; araṇye — in the forest; vatsyāmi — shall dwell; na me kāryaṃ — I have no need; tvayānṛtam — of untruth by you

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.