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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.6

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: he stops them, declaring that he is not the King → he tells Śatrughna that the Kingdom has been left without direction by Kaikeyī's actions and Daśaratha's death

2.75.6

tasyaiṣā dharmarājasya dharmamūlā mahātmanaḥ
paribhramati rājaśrīr naur ivākarṇikā jale

The royal fortune of that great-souled king of righteousness, rooted in dharma, now drifts about like a rudderless boat upon the water.

Words: tasyaiṣā — this ... of his; dharmarājasya — of the king of righteousness; dharmamūlā — rooted in dharma; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled one; paribhramati — drifts about, whirls; rājaśrīr — the royal fortune; naur — a boat; ivākarṇikā — like ... rudderless; jale — upon the water

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.