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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.6

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Vālmīki sees the whole narrative. Vālmīki sees the narrative through meditation and sets out its events, including those still to come

In the sequence: the interrupted abhiṣeka, exile, Daśaratha's death, the citizens' grief, the Niṣāda chief, the charioteer's dismissal, and the journeys across the Gaṅgā to Bharadvāja and Citrakūṭa

1.3.6

vyāghātaṃ cābhiṣekasya rāmasya ca vivāsanam
rājñaḥ śokaṃ vilāpaṃ ca paralokasya cāśrayam

the thwarting of the consecration, and the banishment of Rāma; the king’s grief and lament, and his passing to the next world;

Words: vyāghātaṃ — the obstruction, thwarting; cābhiṣekasya — and of the consecration; rāmasya ca — and of Rāma; vivāsanam — the banishment, exile; rājñaḥ — of the king; śokaṃ — the grief; vilāpaṃ ca — and the lament; paralokasya — of/to the other world; cāśrayam — and the resorting, passing

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.