Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 75: Bharata refuses royal honours · 2.75.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 75: Bharata refuses royal honours. He stops the morning music proclaiming him King, Vasiṣṭha calls the ministers, priests, commanders and guild representatives to assemble

In the sequence: At dawn the palace musicians and bards begin honoring Bharata as King

2.75.1

tato nāndīmukhīṃ rātriṃ bharataṃ sūtamāgadhāḥ
tuṣṭuvur vāgviśeṣajñāḥ stavair maṅgalasaṃhitaiḥ

Then, through the night that ushers in a joyful dawn, the bards and panegyrists, masters of choice speech, praised Bharata with hymns filled with auspicious words.

Words: tato — then; nāndīmukhīṃ — ushering in joy, whose face heralds festivity; rātriṃ — the night; bharataṃ — Bharata; sūtamāgadhāḥ — the bards and panegyrists; tuṣṭuvur — praised; vāgviśeṣajñāḥ — masters of choice speech; stavair — with hymns of praise; maṅgalasaṃhitaiḥ — filled with auspicious words

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.