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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.20

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

2.35.20

āyasaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ rāmamātur asaṃśayam
yad devagarbhapratime vanaṃ yāti na bhidyate

Surely Rāma's mother's heart is made of iron, without doubt, since it does not break when he, like a child of the gods, goes to the forest.

Words: āyasaṃ — of iron; hṛdayaṃ — heart; nūnaṃ — surely; rāmamātur — of Rāma's mother; asaṃśayam — without doubt; yad — since, in that; devagarbhapratime — when he, resembling a child of the gods; vanaṃ — to the forest; yāti — goes; na bhidyate — it does not break

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.