Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 62: Summoning Bharata · 2.62.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Summoning Bharata. Five messengers ride to Kekaya with gifts and an urgent summons, forbidden to reveal Daśaratha’s death or Rāma’s exile

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha proposes sending fast riders to bring Bharata and Śatrughna back from their maternal relatives

2.62.1

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vasiṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca ha
mitrāmātyagaṇān sarvān brāhmaṇāṃs tān idaṃ vacaḥ

Having heard that speech of theirs, Vasiṣṭha replied to all that gathering of friends and ministers, and to those brahmins, this word:

Words: teṣāṃ — their; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; vasiṣṭhaḥ — Vasiṣṭha; pratyuvāca — replied; ha — indeed; mitrāmātyagaṇān — the host of friends and ministers; sarvān — all; brāhmaṇāṃs — the brahmins; tān — those; idaṃ — this; vacaḥ — word

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.