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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.36

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 announces the next day's ceremony and asks for the necessary preparations for his and Sītā's upavāsa

2.4.36

sītayāpy upavastavyā rajanīyaṃ mayā saha
evam ṛtvigupādhyāyaiḥ saha mām uktavān pitā

This night is to be spent by Sītā as well, together with me (in fasting and vow); thus my father, together with the priests and preceptors, told me.

Words: sītayāpy — by Sītā too; upavastavyā — to be observed (in fasting), to be spent; rajanīyaṃ — this night; mayā saha — together with me; evam — thus; ṛtvigupādhyāyaiḥ saha — together with the priests and preceptors; mām — me, to me; uktavān — told; pitā — the father

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.