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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.24

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: Daśaratha tells him that he will become heir at the Puṣya conjunction → he advises him to remain humble, control desire and anger, maintain the confidence of his ministers and other parts of the state, and keep his subjects content

2.3.24

tvayā yataḥ prajāś cemāḥ svaguṇair anurañjitāḥ
tasmāt tvaṃ puṣyayogena yauvarājyam avāpnuhi

Since these subjects have been won over by your own virtues, therefore, at the conjunction with (the constellation) Puṣya, receive the office of heir-apparent.

Words: tvayā — by you; yataḥ — since, because; prajāś — the subjects, people; cemāḥ — and these; svaguṇair — by your own virtues; anurañjitāḥ — won over, pleased; tasmāt — therefore; tvaṃ — you; puṣyayogena — by the conjunction with Puṣya; yauvarājyam — the office of heir-apparent; avāpnuhi — obtain, receive

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.