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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.17
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.
2.73.17
ūcus te vacanam idaṃ niśamya hṛṣṭāḥ sāmātyāḥ sapariṣado viyātaśokāḥ
panthānaṃ naravarabhaktimāñ janaś ca vyādiṣṭas tava vacanāc ca śilpivargaḥ
Delighted, their grief gone, together with the ministers and the assembly, they spoke this word when they heard it; and the people devoted to the best of men, and the body of artisans, were, at your command, assigned to the road.
Words: ūcus — spoke; te — they; vacanam idaṃ — this word; niśamya — having heard; hṛṣṭāḥ — delighted; sāmātyāḥ — together with the ministers; sapariṣado — with the assembly; viyātaśokāḥ — their grief departed; panthānaṃ — the road; naravarabhaktimāñ — devoted to the best of men; janaś ca — and the people; vyādiṣṭas — were directed, assigned; tava — your; vacanāc ca — and by (your) word; śilpivargaḥ — the body of artisans
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.