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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.9

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

2.31.9

evam uktāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ sumantreṇa nṛpājñayā
pracakramus tad bhavanaṃ bhartur ājñāya śāsanam

All the women, thus addressed by Sumantra at the king's order, understanding their lord's command, proceeded to that palace.

Words: evam uktāḥ — thus addressed; striyaḥ sarvāḥ — all the women; sumantreṇa — by Sumantra; nṛpājñayā — by the king's order; pracakramus — proceeded, set out; tad bhavanaṃ — to that palace; bhartur — of their lord; ājñāya — having understood; śāsanam — the command

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.