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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.28

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: he tells Rāma and Sītā to upavāsa, sleep on darbha grass, and have trusted friends guard them that night → he also wants to act while Bharata is away: although he trusts Bharata's character, he says that people's minds can change.

2.4.28

ity uktaḥ so 'bhyanujñātaḥ śvobhāviny abhiṣecane
vrajeti rāmaḥ pitaram abhivādyābhyayād gṛham

Addressed thus, Rāma, dismissed with “Go” regarding the consecration that was to take place the next day, saluted his father and went to his house.

Words: ity uktaḥ — thus addressed; so 'bhyanujñātaḥ — he, granted leave; śvobhāviny — (the rite) to be tomorrow; abhiṣecane — the consecration (loc.); vrajeti — “go,” thus; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pitaram — the father; abhivādyābhyayād — having saluted, went to; gṛham — the house

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.