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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.36

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.

2.1.36

atha rājavitīrṇeṣu vividheṣv āsaneṣu ca
rājānam evābhimukhā niṣedur niyatā nṛpāḥ

Then, upon the various seats bestowed by the king, the (assembled) rulers, composed, took their places facing the king.

Words: atha — then; rājavitīrṇeṣu — bestowed by the king; vividheṣv — various; āsaneṣu ca — and on the seats; rājānam — the king; evābhimukhā — directly facing; niṣedur — sat down; niyatā — composed, restrained; nṛpāḥ — the rulers, kings

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.