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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.7

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: as the household weeps, Vasiṣṭha enters the assembly hall

2.75.7

ity evaṃ bharataṃ prekṣya vilapantaṃ vicetanam
kṛpaṇaṃ ruruduḥ sarvāḥ sasvaraṃ yoṣitas tadā

Seeing Bharata thus lamenting and beside himself, all the women then wept aloud, piteously.

Words: ity evaṃ — thus; bharataṃ — Bharata; prekṣya — having seen; vilapantaṃ — lamenting; vicetanam — beside himself, senseless; kṛpaṇaṃ — piteously; ruruduḥ — wept; sarvāḥ — all; sasvaraṃ — aloud, with a cry; yoṣitas — the women; tadā — then

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.