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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.16

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.

2.73.16

anuttamaṃ tad vacanaṃ nṛpātmaja prabhāṣitaṃ saṃśravaṇe niśamya ca
praharṣajās taṃ prati bāṣpabindavo nipetur āryānananetrasaṃbhavāḥ

Hearing within earshot that matchless speech uttered by the prince, tears born of great joy, springing from the eyes in the noble ones' faces, fell down toward him.

Words: anuttamaṃ — matchless; tad — that; vacanaṃ — speech; nṛpātmaja — of the prince; prabhāṣitaṃ — spoken; saṃśravaṇe — within hearing; niśamya — having heard; ca — and; praharṣajās — born of great joy; taṃ prati — toward him; bāṣpabindavo — drops of tears; nipetur — fell down; āryānananetrasaṃbhavāḥ — springing from the eyes in the noble ones' faces

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.