Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 4
तद्यावदेव मे चेतो न विमुह्यति राघव। तावदेवाभिषिञ्चस्व चला हि प्राणिनां मतिः
tadyāvadeva me ceto na vimuhyati rāghava| tāvadevābhiṣiñcasva calā hi prāṇināṃ matiḥ
Therefore, before my mind is deluded I wish to see you installed as heirapparent for a man's mind is unstable indeed, O Rama.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Coronate Rama before my mind is deluded, Dasharatha says. The king's mind is 'unstable' — he feels the approach of age and death. The urgency in his voice is heartbreaking because the audience knows what he does not: the very person who will shatter his plan is in the next room.
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