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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.8

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

2.4.8

iti sūtavacaḥ śrutvā rāmo 'tha tvarayānvitaḥ
prayayau rājabhavanaṃ punar draṣṭuṃ nareśvaram

Hearing these words of the charioteer, Rāma, filled with haste, set out again for the royal palace to see the lord of men.

Words: iti — thus; sūtavacaḥ — the charioteer's words; śrutvā — having heard; rāmo 'tha — Rāma then; tvarayānvitaḥ — filled with haste; prayayau — set out, went forth; rājabhavanaṃ — the royal palace; punar — again; draṣṭuṃ — to see; nareśvaram — the lord of men

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.