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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.35

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.

2.35.35

rāmasya sa vacaḥ kurvann anujñāpya ca taṃ janam
vrajato 'pi hayāñ śīghraṃ codayām āsa sārathiḥ

Carrying out Rāma's word and taking leave of those people, the charioteer swiftly urged on the horses, though they were already moving.

Words: rāmasya — of Rāma; sa — he; vacaḥ — word; kurvann — doing, carrying out; anujñāpya — having taken leave of, dismissed; ca — and; taṃ janam — those people; vrajato 'pi — though (they were) moving; hayāñ — the horses; śīghraṃ — swiftly; codayām āsa — urged on; sārathiḥ — the charioteer

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.