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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.9

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: privately, Daśaratha explains that he has fulfilled his life's obligations and wishes to see his son installed before he dies

2.4.9

taṃ śrutvā samanuprāptaṃ rāmaṃ daśaratho nṛpaḥ
praveśayām āsa gṛhaṃ vivikṣuḥ priyam uttamam

Hearing that Rāma had arrived, King Daśaratha, wishing to speak (with him) about the highest and dearest matter, had him ushered into the (inner) chamber.

Words: taṃ — him; śrutvā — having heard; samanuprāptaṃ — arrived, come; rāmaṃ — Rāma; daśaratho — Daśaratha; nṛpaḥ — the king; praveśayām āsa — had (him) admitted, ushered in; gṛhaṃ — the chamber, house; vivikṣuḥ — wishing to speak, disclose; priyam — dear; uttamam — highest, supreme

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.