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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.13

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: the gathering fills the hall and welcomes Bharata.

2.75.13

tato bharatam āyāntaṃ śatakratum ivāmarāḥ
pratyanandan prakṛtayo yathā daśarathaṃ tathā

Then the subjects welcomed Bharata as he came, just as the immortals welcome Indra (Śatakratu), and just as they had welcomed Daśaratha.

Words: tato — then; bharatam — Bharata; āyāntaṃ — as he came; śatakratum — Śatakratu (Indra); ivāmarāḥ — as the immortals; pratyanandan — welcomed, greeted with joy; prakṛtayo — the subjects; yathā — just as; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; tathā — so

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.