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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.36

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.

2.35.36

nyavartata jano rājño rāmaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam
manasāpy aśruvegaiś ca na nyavartata mānuṣam

The king's people turned back, having walked round Rāma in reverence; yet in their hearts and in their streaming tears the human throng did not turn back.

Words: nyavartata — turned back; jano — the people, throng; rājño — of the king; rāmaṃ — Rāma; kṛtvā — having made; pradakṣiṇam — circumambulation; manasāpy — even in mind; aśruvegaiś ca — and by the surges of tears; na nyavartata — did not turn back; mānuṣam — the human (throng)

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.