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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.19

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

2.3.19

tad āsanavaraṃ prāpya vyadīpayata rāghavaḥ
svayeva prabhayā merum udaye vimalo raviḥ

Taking that excellent seat, Rāghava lit it up, as the spotless rising sun lights up Mount Meru with its own radiance.

Words: tad — that; āsanavaraṃ — the excellent seat; prāpya — having taken, reached; vyadīpayata — lit up, illumined; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; svayeva — as with (his) own; prabhayā — with radiance, light; merum — Mount Meru; udaye — at (its) rising; vimalo — spotless, clear; raviḥ — the sun

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.