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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.22

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: he reports to Daśaratha that the preparations are complete, and the King retires to his inner apartments.

2.5.22

tam āgatam abhiprekṣya hitvā rājāsanaṃ nṛpaḥ
papraccha sa ca tasmai tat kṛtam ity abhyavedayat

Seeing him arrived, the king rose from his royal seat and asked him; and he reported to the king, “It is done.”

Words: tam — him; āgatam — arrived; abhiprekṣya — having beheld; hitvā — having left; rājāsanaṃ — the royal seat; nṛpaḥ — the king; papraccha — asked; sa — he; ca — and; tasmai — to him; tat — that; kṛtam — done; ity — thus; abhyavedayat — reported, informed

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.