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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.34

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: Daśaratha calls for the chariot to stop, while Rāma tells Sumantra to continue → unable to bear prolonging his parents' suffering, Rāma tells the driver to say he did not hear if the King later reproaches him → Sumantra drives on, and the ministers persuade Daśaratha to stop following.

2.35.34

nāśrauṣam iti rājānam upālabdho 'pi vakṣyasi
ciraṃ duḥkhasya pāpiṣṭham iti rāmas tam abravīt

'Even if reproached by the king you will say, I did not hear'; for prolonging the grief is most grievous — thus Rāma said to him.

Words: nāśrauṣam — 'I did not hear'; iti — so, thus; rājānam — by the king (with respect to); upālabdho 'pi — even if reproached; vakṣyasi — you will say; ciraṃ — long, prolonged; duḥkhasya — of grief; pāpiṣṭham — worst, most grievous; iti — so, thus; rāmas — Rāma; tam — to him; abravīt — said

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.