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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.7

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: Sumitrā tells Lakṣmaṇa to serve Rāma attentively: he should regard Rāma as his father, Sītā as his mother, and the forest as Ayodhyā

2.35.7

idaṃ hi vṛttam ucitaṃ kulasyāsya sanātanam
dānaṃ dīkṣā ca yajñeṣu tanutyāgo mṛdheṣu ca

For this is the fitting, age-old conduct of this family: giving, consecration in sacrifices, and the giving up of the body in battles.

Words: idaṃ — this; hi — for, indeed; vṛttam — conduct, practice; ucitaṃ — fitting, proper; kulasyāsya — of this family; sanātanam — eternal, age-old; dānaṃ — giving, generosity; dīkṣā — consecration, initiation; ca — and; yajñeṣu — in sacrifices; tanutyāgo — giving up of the body; mṛdheṣu — in battles; ca — and

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.