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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.73.5

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: On the fourteenth morning, the officials ask Bharata to accept the prepared abhiṣeka and protect the leaderless Kingdom

2.73.5

rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha

Take up the great kingdom of your fathers and forefathers, Bharata; consecrate yourself and protect us, O bull among men.

Words: rājyaṃ — the kingdom; gṛhāṇa — take up, accept; bharata — O Bharata; pitṛpaitāmahaṃ — of fathers and forefathers; mahat — great; abhiṣecaya — consecrate; cātmānaṃ — and yourself; pāhi — protect; cāsmān — and us; nararṣabha — O bull among men

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.