Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 73: Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma · 2.73.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 73: Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma. He refuses the prepared abhiṣeka, orders its materials taken to the forest and commissions a road for the expedition

In the sequence: On the fourteenth morning, the officials ask Bharata to accept the prepared abhiṣeka and protect the leaderless Kingdom

2.73.1

tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha caturdaśe
sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyam abruvan

Then at daybreak, on the fourteenth day, the king-makers assembled and spoke these words to Bharata:

Words: tataḥ — then; prabhātasamaye — at daybreak; divase 'tha — and on the day; caturdaśe — fourteenth; sametya — having assembled; rājakartāro — the king-makers; bharataṃ — to Bharata; vākyam — words; abruvan — spoke

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.