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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.29

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: messengers bring the news to Kausalyā, who rewards them with gold, cattle, and jewels → Rāma returns home, and the delighted citizens disperse to worship the Devas.

2.3.29

tac chrutvā suhṛdas tasya rāmasya priyakāriṇaḥ
tvaritāḥ śīghram abhyetya kausalyāyai nyavedayan

Hearing that, the well-wishers of Rāma, eager to do him a kindness, hastened swiftly to Kausalyā and reported it.

Words: tac — that; chrutvā — having heard; suhṛdas — the well-wishers, friends; tasya — his; rāmasya — of Rāma; priyakāriṇaḥ — doing (him) kindness; tvaritāḥ — hastening, hurried; śīghram — quickly; abhyetya — having approached; kausalyāyai — to Kausalyā; nyavedayan — reported, announced

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.