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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.7

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

2.31.7

sumantrānaya me dārān ye ke cid iha māmakāḥ
dāraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvair draṣṭum icchāmi rāghavam

“Sumantra, bring to me my wives, whoever here are mine; surrounded by all my wives I wish to see Rāghava.”

Words: sumantrānaya — Sumantra, bring; me dārān — my wives; ye ke cid — whoever; iha — here; māmakāḥ — are mine; dāraiḥ — with (my) wives; parivṛtaḥ — surrounded; sarvair — all; draṣṭum — to see; icchāmi — I wish; rāghavam — Rāghava

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.