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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.15

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: Rāma bows at his father's feet; Daśaratha embraces him and seats him before the assembled rulers

2.3.15

sa taṃ kailāsaśṛṅgābhaṃ prāsādaṃ narapuṃgavaḥ
āruroha nṛpaṃ draṣṭuṃ saha sūtena rāghavaḥ

That bull among men, Rāghava, together with the charioteer, ascended the palace, radiant as a peak of Kailāsa, to see the king.

Words: sa — he; taṃ — that; kailāsaśṛṅgābhaṃ — radiant as a Kailāsa peak; prāsādaṃ — the palace; narapuṃgavaḥ — the bull among men; āruroha — ascended, climbed; nṛpaṃ — the king; draṣṭuṃ — to see; saha sūtena — together with the charioteer; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.