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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.18

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

2.13.18

gatā bhagavatī rātrirahaḥ śivam upasthitam
budhyasva nṛpaśārdūla kuru kāryam anantaram

“The blessed night has passed, the auspicious day has come; awake, O tiger among kings, and do next what must be done.

Words: gatā — has gone, passed; bhagavatī — the blessed one (fem.); rātrirahaḥ — the night (has gone); the day; śivam — auspicious; upasthitam — has come, is at hand; budhyasva — awake; nṛpaśārdūla — O tiger among kings; kuru — do; kāryam — what is to be done, the task; anantaram — next, thereafter

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.