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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.11

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

2.73.11

tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam
āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt

There indeed I will consecrate that tiger among men, and, honouring him, bring Rāma back, like the sacrificial fire from the sacrifice.

Words: tatraiva — there indeed; taṃ — that; naravyāghram — tiger among men; abhiṣicya — having consecrated; puraskṛtam — honoured, placed foremost; āneṣyāmi — I will bring; tu vai — indeed; rāmaṃ — Rāma; havyavāham — the fire (bearer of oblations); ivādhvarāt — as from the sacrifice

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.