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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.10

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: he orders an army readied and the abhiṣeka materials brought along so that Rāma can be crowned in the forest and escorted home

2.73.10

ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam
puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati

And placing at the fore all these consecration materials made ready, I will go toward the forest for Rāma's sake.

Words: ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva — and the consecration materials; sarvam — all; etad — this; upaskṛtam — made ready, prepared; puraskṛtya — having placed in front; gamiṣyāmi — I will go; rāmahetor — for Rāma's sake; vanaṃ prati — toward the forest

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.