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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.15

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: the people and ministers welcome his decision, and the work begins.

2.73.15

evaṃ te bhāṣamāṇasya padmā śrīr upatiṣṭhatām
yas tvaṃ jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute pṛthivīṃ dātum icchasi

As you speak thus — you who wish to give the earth to the eldest prince — may the lotus-throned goddess Śrī attend upon you.

Words: evaṃ — thus; te — of you; bhāṣamāṇasya — as you speak; padmā — lotus-seated; śrīr — Śrī, Fortune; upatiṣṭhatām — may (she) attend, wait upon; yas tvaṃ — you who; jyeṣṭhe nṛpasute — to the eldest prince; pṛthivīṃ — the earth; dātum — to give; icchasi — you wish

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.