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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.9

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: Rāma comes out to welcome the muni and personally helps him down from his chariot

2.5.9

prātas tvām abhiṣektā hi yauvarājye narādhipaḥ
pitā daśarathaḥ prītyā yayātiṃ nahuṣo yathā

For at dawn your father, King Daśaratha, the lord of men, will with affection consecrate you into the office of heir-apparent, as Nahuṣa did Yayāti.

Words: prātas — at dawn; tvām — you; abhiṣektā — will consecrate; hi — for; yauvarājye — into the office of heir-apparent; narādhipaḥ — the lord of men; pitā — father; daśarathaḥ — Daśaratha; prītyā — with affection; yayātiṃ — Yayāti; nahuṣo — Nahuṣa; yathā — as

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.