← 2.1.36 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 1: Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.37
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.
2.1.37
sa labdhamānair vinayānvitair nṛpaiḥ purālayair jānapadaiś ca mānavaiḥ
upopaviṣṭair nṛpatir vṛto babhau sahasracakṣur bhagavān ivāmaraiḥ
upopaviṣṭair nṛpatir vṛto babhau
sahasracakṣur bhagavān ivāmaraiḥ
Surrounded by those honoured and courteous rulers, and by the townsmen and country-folk seated close about him, the sovereign shone like the thousand-eyed lord (Indra) surrounded by the immortals.
Words: sa — he; labdhamānair — by the honoured (ones); vinayānvitair — endowed with courtesy; nṛpaiḥ — by the rulers, kings; purālayair — by the town-dwellers; jānapadaiś ca — and by the country-folk; mānavaiḥ — by the men; upopaviṣṭair — seated close by; nṛpatir — the sovereign, king; vṛto — surrounded; babhau — shone; sahasracakṣur — the thousand-eyed (Indra); bhagavān — the lord; ivāmaraiḥ — as by the immortals
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.