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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.8

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: Sumantra fetches Rāma by chariot

2.3.8

atha tatra samāsīnās tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam
prācyodīcyāḥ pratīcyāś ca dākṣiṇātyāś ca bhūmipāḥ

Then, seated there about King Daśaratha, were rulers of the East, the North, the West, and the South,

Words: atha — then; tatra — there; samāsīnās — seated together; tadā — then; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; nṛpam — the king; prācyodīcyāḥ — the Eastern and Northern (kings); pratīcyāś ca — and the Western; dākṣiṇātyāś ca — and the Southern; bhūmipāḥ — the rulers, lords of the earth

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.