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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.20

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

2.3.20

tena vibhrājitā tatra sā sabhābhivyarocata
vimalagrahanakṣatrā śāradī dyaur ivendunā

Made radiant by him, that assembly shone there like an autumn sky, with its clear planets and stars, lit by the moon.

Words: tena — by him; vibhrājitā — made radiant, illumined; tatra — there; sā — that; sabhābhivyarocata — the assembly shone forth; vimalagrahanakṣatrā — with clear planets and stars; śāradī — autumnal; dyaur ivendunā — like the sky by the moon

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.