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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.13

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

2.3.13

gharmābhitaptāḥ parjanyaṃ hlādayantam iva prajāḥ
na tatarpa samāyāntaṃ paśyamāno narādhipaḥ

As the people, scorched by heat, are refreshed by a rain-cloud, so the king, gazing on his approaching son, could not be sated with the sight.

Words: gharmābhitaptāḥ — scorched by heat; parjanyaṃ — a rain-cloud; hlādayantam iva — as if refreshing; prajāḥ — the people, creatures; na — not; tatarpa — was sated, satisfied; samāyāntaṃ — (him) approaching; paśyamāno — gazing, looking at; narādhipaḥ — the king, lord of men

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.