← 2.3.17 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced · 2.3.19 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.18

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

2.3.18

tasmai cābhyudyataṃ śrīmān maṇikāñcanabhūṣitam
dideśa rājā ruciraṃ rāmāya paramāsanam

And the glorious king assigned to him — to Rāma — a splendid, lofty seat, adorned with jewels and gold, an excellent throne.

Words: tasmai — to him; cābhyudyataṃ — and raised up, lofty; śrīmān — the glorious; maṇikāñcanabhūṣitam — adorned with jewels and gold; dideśa — assigned, pointed out; rājā — the king; ruciraṃ — splendid, lovely; rāmāya — for Rāma; paramāsanam — an excellent seat

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.