Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka · 2.4.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: After the assembly leaves, Daśaratha decides that the ceremony must take place the following day and sends Sumantra to fetch Rāma again → the second summons worries Rāma, who returns at once

2.4.1

gateṣv atha nṛpo bhūyaḥ paureṣu saha mantribhiḥ
mantrayitvā tataś cakre niścayajñaḥ sa niścayam

When the townsfolk had departed, the king, a knower of decisions, deliberated once more with his ministers and then made his decision:

Words: gateṣv — when (they) had gone; atha — then; nṛpo — the king; bhūyaḥ — again, further; paureṣu — the townsfolk (loc. abs.); saha mantribhiḥ — together with the ministers; mantrayitvā — having deliberated; tataś — then; cakre — made; niścayajñaḥ — knower of decisions; sa — he; niścayam — the decision, resolve

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.