← 2.40.20 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 40: The citizens follow to the Tamasā · 2.40.22 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.21

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 40: The citizens follow to the Tamasā. Rāma asks them to support Bharata, then leaves his chariot to walk beside the elderly brāhmaṇas

In the sequence: the brāhmaṇas explain that they have brought their sacred fires and the white parasols earned through Vājapeya sacrifices, which they offer to hold over him for shade

2.40.21

anavāptātapatrasya raśmisaṃtāpitasya te
ebhiś chāyāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ svaiś chatrair vājapeyikaiḥ

For you, who have no royal umbrella and are scorched by the sun's rays, we shall make shade with these, our own Vājapeya parasols.

Words: anavāptātapatrasya — of you who have no parasol; raśmisaṃtāpitasya — scorched by the rays; te — of you, for you; ebhiś — with these; chāyāṃ — shade; kariṣyāmaḥ — we shall make; svaiś — with our own; chatrair — with the parasols; vājapeyikaiḥ — those of the Vājapeya rite

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.