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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.29

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: Rāma goes to Kausalyā's apartments, where she is praying to Viṣṇu; Sumitrā, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā are also present

2.4.29

praviśya cātmano veśma rājñoddiṣṭe 'bhiṣecane
tasmin kṣaṇe vinirgatya mātur antaḥpuraṃ yayau

Having entered his own dwelling — the consecration having been ordained by the king — he went out again in that same moment and made his way to his mother's inner apartments.

Words: praviśya — having entered; cātmano — and of his own; veśma — dwelling, house; rājñoddiṣṭe — ordained by the king; 'bhiṣecane — the consecration (loc. abs.); tasmin kṣaṇe — in that moment; vinirgatya — having gone out; mātur — of the mother; antaḥpuraṃ — the inner apartments; yayau — went

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.