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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.20

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: Rāma asks him to support the aging, distressed Daśaratha and carry the assurance that all three will return after fourteen years

2.46.20

adṛṣṭaduḥkhaṃ rājānaṃ vṛddham āryaṃ jitendriyam
brūyās tvam abhivādyaiva mama hetor idaṃ vacaḥ

'Saluting the king — who has never known sorrow, aged, noble, master of his senses — you should on my behalf speak this word:'

Words: adṛṣṭaduḥkhaṃ — who has never known sorrow; rājānaṃ — the king; vṛddham — aged; āryaṃ — noble; jitendriyam — master of his senses; brūyās — you should say; tvam — you; abhivādyaiva — having saluted; mama hetor — for my sake; idaṃ — this; vacaḥ — word

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.