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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.17

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: when Daśaratha fails to appear, the gathering asks who will announce them, and Sumantra approaches the inner apartments

2.13.17

ity uktvāntaḥpuradvāram ājagāma purāṇavit
āśīrbhir guṇayuktābhir abhituṣṭāva rāghavam

Having spoken thus, the knower of ancient lore came to the door of the inner apartments and extolled the Rāghava (king) with fitting benedictions.

Words: ity — thus; uktvāntaḥpuradvāram — having spoken, ... the door of the inner apartments; ājagāma — came to; purāṇavit — the knower of ancient lore; āśīrbhir — with benedictions; guṇayuktābhir — endowed with excellence; abhituṣṭāva — extolled, praised; rāghavam — the Rāghava (Daśaratha)

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.