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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.6

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: Daśaratha gathers his wives and has the three travelers admitted

2.31.6

sa satyavādī dharmātmā gāmbhīryāt sāgaropamaḥ
ākāśa iva niṣpaṅko narendraḥ pratyuvāca tam

That truthful, righteous king, deep as the ocean in gravity, spotless as the sky, replied to him:

Words: sa — he; satyavādī — truthful; dharmātmā — righteous-souled; gāmbhīryāt — by depth, gravity; sāgaropamaḥ — like the ocean; ākāśa iva — like the sky; niṣpaṅko — spotless, stainless; narendraḥ — the king; pratyuvāca tam — replied to him

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.