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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.33

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: he reassures his father that preserving his truth matters more than Kingship, pleasure, or life, and that he will find happiness among the forest's rivers and mountains.

2.31.33

puraṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca mahī ca kevalā mayā nisṛṣṭā bharatāya dīyatām
ahaṃ nideśaṃ bhavato 'nupālayan vanaṃ gamiṣyāmi cirāya sevitum

Let the city and the kingdom and the whole earth, relinquished by me, be given to Bharata; and I, obeying your command, shall go to the forest to dwell there long.

Words: puraṃ ca — and the city; rāṣṭraṃ ca — and the kingdom; mahī ca — and the earth; kevalā — entire, whole; mayā nisṛṣṭā — relinquished by me; bharatāya — to Bharata; dīyatām — let it be given; ahaṃ — I; nideśaṃ — the command; bhavato — your; 'nupālayan — obeying, following; vanaṃ gamiṣyāmi — shall go to the forest; cirāya — for a long time; sevitum — to dwell in, inhabit

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.