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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced. Daśaratha orders preparations and counsels Rāma on self-restraint, ministers and the welfare of his subjects

In the sequence: Sumantra fetches Rāma by chariot

2.3.10

teṣāṃ madhye sa rājarṣir marutām iva vāsavaḥ
prāsādastho rathagataṃ dadarśāyāntam ātmajam

In their midst, that royal sage, like Vāsava among the Maruts, standing on his palace, saw his son coming, borne in the chariot.

Words: teṣāṃ madhye — in their midst; sa — he; rājarṣir — the royal sage; marutām iva — like among the Maruts; vāsavaḥ — Vāsava (Indra); prāsādastho — standing on the palace; rathagataṃ — gone in the chariot; dadarśāyāntam — saw (him) coming; ātmajam — the son

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.