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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.6

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

2.4.6

praveśya cainaṃ tvaritaṃ rāmo vacanam abravīt
yad āgamanakṛtyaṃ te bhūyas tad brūhy aśeṣataḥ

Having quickly ushered him in, Rāma spoke these words: “Whatever be the purpose of your coming again, tell it to me in full.”

Words: praveśya — having admitted, ushered in; cainaṃ — and him; tvaritaṃ — quickly; rāmo — Rāma; vacanam — words; abravīt — spoke; yad — whatever; āgamanakṛtyaṃ — the purpose of (your) coming; te — your; bhūyas — again; tad — that; brūhy — tell; aśeṣataḥ — completely, without remainder

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.