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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.35
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.
2.31.35
na me tathā pārthiva dhīyate mano mahatsu kāmeṣu na cātmanaḥ priye
yathā nideśe tava śiṣṭasaṃmate vyapaitu duḥkhaṃ tava matkṛte 'nagha
My mind is not so set, O king, upon great pleasures nor upon what is dear to myself, as it is upon your command, approved by the wise; let your grief on my account depart, O sinless one.
Words: na me tathā — not so my; pārthiva — O king (earth-lord); dhīyate mano — is the mind set; mahatsu kāmeṣu — upon great pleasures; na cātmanaḥ priye — nor upon what is dear to oneself; yathā — as (it is); nideśe tava — upon your command; śiṣṭasaṃmate — approved by the wise; vyapaitu — let it depart; duḥkhaṃ — the grief; tava — your; matkṛte — on my account; 'nagha — O sinless one
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.