Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 5: Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa · 2.5.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 5: Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa. He establishes Rāma & Sītā’s fast with sacred formulas and reports to Daśaratha as Ayodhyā decorates its streets

In the sequence: Daśaratha sends Vasiṣṭha to supervise Rāma and Sītā's upavāsa (preparatory upavāsa)

2.5.1

saṃdiśya rāmaṃ nṛpatiḥ śvobhāviny abhiṣecane
purohitaṃ samāhūya vasiṣṭham idam abravīt

Having given instructions to Rāma concerning the consecration to take place on the morrow, the king summoned the family priest Vasiṣṭha and said this:

Words: saṃdiśya — having instructed; rāmaṃ — Rāma; nṛpatiḥ — the king; śvobhāviny — that is to take place tomorrow; abhiṣecane — in the consecration; purohitaṃ — the family priest; samāhūya — having summoned; vasiṣṭham — Vasiṣṭha; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.