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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.26

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

2.31.26

śreyase vṛddhaye tāta punarāgamanāya ca
gacchasvāriṣṭam avyagraḥ panthānam akutobhayam

“For your welfare, my son, for your prosperity and for your safe return, go untroubled upon an unharmed road, free from fear on every side.

Words: śreyase — for welfare, good; vṛddhaye — for prosperity, growth; tāta — dear son; punarāgamanāya ca — and for coming back again; gacchasvāriṣṭam — go, an unharmed (road); avyagraḥ — untroubled, composed; panthānam — the road, path; akutobhayam — free from fear on any side

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.