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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: The messengers deliver the urgent summons while Bharata is speaking of his dream

2.64.3

purohitas tvā kuśalaṃ prāha sarve ca mantriṇaḥ
tvaramāṇaś ca niryāhi kṛtyam ātyayikaṃ tvayā

“The house-priest asks after your welfare, and so do all the ministers; set out with haste, for there is an urgent task for you to do.

Words: purohitas — the house-priest; tvā — you (acc.); kuśalaṃ — welfare; prāha — asks after, tells; sarve — all; ca — and; mantriṇaḥ — the ministers; tvaramāṇaś — hastening; ca — and; niryāhi — set out, go forth; kṛtyam — a task to be done; ātyayikaṃ — urgent, pressing; tvayā — by you

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.