← 2.1.34 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 1: Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir · 2.1.36 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.35

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir. With Bharata & Śatrughna in Kekaya, Daśaratha weighs Rāma’s fitness to rule and summons an assembly

In the sequence: he summons rulers and leading people from the towns and countryside.

2.1.35

nānānagaravāstavyān pṛthagjānapadān api
samānināya medinyāḥ pradhānān pṛthivīpatiḥ

The lord of the earth summoned together the chief men of the land — residents of the various cities and, separately, those of the country districts.

Words: nānānagaravāstavyān — dwellers of various cities; pṛthagjānapadān — and severally the country-folk; api — also; samānināya — summoned together, brought together; medinyāḥ — of the earth; pradhānān — the chief men, foremost; pṛthivīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth

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.