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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.3

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: After the assembly leaves, Daśaratha decides that the ceremony must take place the following day and sends Sumantra to fetch Rāma again → the second summons worries Rāma, who returns at once

2.4.3

athāntargṛham āviśya rājā daśarathas tadā
sūtam ājñāpayām āsa rāmaṃ punar ihānaya

Then, entering his inner apartments, King Daśaratha thereupon commanded the charioteer: “Bring Rāma here once again.”

Words: athāntargṛham — then the inner chamber; āviśya — having entered; rājā — the king; daśarathas — Daśaratha; tadā — then; sūtam — the charioteer; ājñāpayām āsa — commanded, ordered; rāmaṃ — Rāma; punar — again; ihānaya — bring here

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.