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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.8

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

2.31.8

so 'ntaḥpuram atītyaiva striyas tā vākyam abravīt
āryo hvayati vo rājā gamyatāṃ tatra māciram

Having entered the inner apartments, he spoke these words to those women: “The noble king summons you; go there without delay.”

Words: so — he; 'ntaḥpuram — the inner apartments; atītyaiva — having entered, passed into; striyas tā — to those women; vākyam abravīt — spoke these words; āryo — the noble one; hvayati — summons, calls; vo — you; rājā — the king; gamyatāṃ — let (you) go; tatra — there; māciram — without delay

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.