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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.45

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 tells Lakṣmaṇa that they will share the responsibilities and benefits of rule, calling him his second self → he takes leave and returns home.

2.4.45

ity uktvā lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mātarāv abhivādya ca
abhyanujñāpya sītāṃ ca jagāma svaṃ niveśanam

Having spoken thus to Lakṣmaṇa, and having saluted his (two) mothers and taken leave of Sītā, Rāma went to his own dwelling.

Words: ity uktvā — having spoken thus; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; rāmo — Rāma; mātarāv — the (two) mothers; abhivādya — having saluted; ca — and; abhyanujñāpya — having taken leave of, obtained permission; sītāṃ ca — and Sītā; jagāma — went; svaṃ — own; niveśanam — dwelling, abode

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.