Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 13: The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha · 2.13.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha. Priests and dignitaries gather with the sacred waters, the King fails to appear and Sumantra is sent for Rāma

In the sequence: The narrative returns to the people waiting for the ceremony: priests, ministers, commanders, and civic leaders assemble after the night has passed

2.13.1

te tu tāṃ rajanīm uṣya brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
upatasthur upasthānaṃ saharājapurohitāḥ

Having passed that night, those brahmins, masters of the Vedas, together with the royal chaplains, came to the assembly-hall.

Words: te — those; tu — and, indeed; tāṃ — that; rajanīm — night; uṣya — having passed, spent (the night); brāhmaṇā — the brahmins; vedapāragāḥ — masters of the Vedas; upatasthur — approached, attended; upasthānaṃ — the assembly-hall, place of attendance; saharājapurohitāḥ — together with the royal chaplains

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.