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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.19

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

2.13.19

brāhmaṇā balamukhyāś ca naigamāś cāgatā nṛpa
darśanaṃ pratikāṅkṣante pratibudhyasva rāghava

The brahmins, the chief commanders, and the townsmen have come, O king; they await an audience—awake, O Rāghava.”

Words: brāhmaṇā — the brahmins; balamukhyāś — the chief commanders; ca — and; naigamāś — the townsmen, merchants; cāgatā — and have come; nṛpa — O king; darśanaṃ — an audience, sight; pratikāṅkṣante — they await, long for; pratibudhyasva — awake; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.