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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.3

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: Sumantra tells Daśaratha that Rāma has given away his possessions and is waiting to say goodbye

2.31.3

ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghra dvāri tiṣṭhati te sutaḥ
brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dattvā sarvaṃ caivopajīvinām

“O tiger among men, here your son stands at the door, having given away all his wealth to the brahmins and to the dependants.

Words: ayaṃ sa — here he; puruṣavyāghra — O tiger among men; dvāri — at the door; tiṣṭhati — stands; te sutaḥ — your son; brāhmaṇebhyo — to the brahmins; dhanaṃ — wealth; dattvā — having given; sarvaṃ — all; caivopajīvinām — and to the dependants

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.