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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.35

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: he announces the next day's ceremony and asks for the necessary preparations for his and Sītā's upavāsa

2.4.35

amba pitrā niyukto 'smi prajāpālanakarmaṇi
bhavitā śvo 'bhiṣeko me yathā me śāsanaṃ pituḥ

“Mother, I have been appointed by my father to the task of protecting the people; tomorrow my consecration will take place, according to my father's command.

Words: amba — O mother; pitrā — by the father; niyukto 'smi — I have been appointed; prajāpālanakarmaṇi — in the task of protecting the people; bhavitā — will be, will take place; śvo 'bhiṣeko — tomorrow the consecration; me — my; yathā — according as; me — my; śāsanaṃ — command; pituḥ — of the father

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.