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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.61.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 61: Ayodhyā without a King. Ministers warn that food production, worship, trade and protection will fail without a ruler and ask Vasiṣṭha to arrange succession

In the sequence: At sunrise the priests and ministers assemble before Vasiṣṭha

2.61.1

vyatītāyāṃ tu śarvaryām ādityasyodaye tataḥ
sametya rājakartāraḥ sabhām īyur dvijātayaḥ

When the night had passed, then at the rising of the sun the twice-born king-makers came together and went into the assembly hall.

Words: vyatītāyāṃ — when had passed; tu — and; śarvaryām — the night; ādityasyodaye — at the rising of the sun; tataḥ — then; sametya — having assembled; rājakartāraḥ — the king-makers; sabhām — to the assembly hall; īyur — went; dvijātayaḥ — the twice-born

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.