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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.19

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: crowds surround and follow the chariot, begging him to slow down so they can keep seeing Rāma

2.35.19

saṃyaccha vājināṃ raśmīn sūta yāhi śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
mukhaṃ drakṣyāmi rāmasya durdarśaṃ no bhaviṣyati

Rein in the horses, O charioteer, go slowly, slowly; we would look on Rāma's face, which will become hard for us to see.

Words: saṃyaccha — rein in, hold back; vājināṃ — of the horses; raśmīn — the reins; sūta — O charioteer; yāhi — go; śanaiḥ śanaiḥ — slowly, slowly; mukhaṃ — face; drakṣyāmi — I/we shall see; rāmasya — of Rāma; durdarśaṃ — hard to see; no — for us; bhaviṣyati — it will become

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.