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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.27

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

2.31.27

adya tv idānīṃ rajanīṃ putra mā gaccha sarvathā
mātaraṃ māṃ ca saṃpaśyan vasemām adya śarvarīm
tarpitaḥ sarvakāmais tvaṃ śvaḥkāle sādhayiṣyasi

But today, right now, my son, do not go at all for this night; looking upon your mother and me, dwell here this night; gratified with all pleasures, you shall set forth at dawn tomorrow.”

Words: adya tv — but today; idānīṃ — now; rajanīṃ — (for) the night; putra — O son; mā gaccha — do not go; sarvathā — by any means, at all; mātaraṃ — mother; māṃ ca — and me; saṃpaśyan — looking upon; vasemām — dwell this; adya — today; śarvarīm — the night; tarpitaḥ — gratified, satisfied; sarvakāmais — with all pleasures; tvaṃ — you; śvaḥkāle — at the time of tomorrow; sādhayiṣyasi — you will set out, accomplish (the journey)

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.