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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.23

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: Daśaratha says he has not been asleep and again orders Rāma brought to him

2.13.23

prapanno rājamārgaṃ ca patākā dhvajaśobhitam
sa sūtas tatra śuśrāva rāmādhikaraṇāḥ kathāḥ

Reaching the royal highway, adorned with pennants and banners, the charioteer there heard talk that had Rāma for its subject.

Words: prapanno — having reached, entered upon; rājamārgaṃ — the royal highway; ca — and; patākā — pennants, flags; dhvajaśobhitam — adorned with banners; sa — that; sūtas — charioteer; tatra — there; śuśrāva — heard; rāmādhikaraṇāḥ — having Rāma as their subject; kathāḥ — talk, conversations

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.