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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.28

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 declines the delay and asks that Bharata receive the Kingdom without further grief

2.31.28

atha rāmas tathā śrutvā pitur ārtasya bhāṣitam
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā dīno vacanam abravīt

Then Rāma, having thus heard the words of his afflicted father, dejected, together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa, spoke these words:

Words: atha rāmas — then Rāma; tathā śrutvā — having thus heard; pitur ārtasya — of his afflicted father; bhāṣitam — the speech; lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā — together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa; dīno — dejected; vacanam abravīt — spoke these words

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.