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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.8

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

2.75.8

tathā tasmin vilapati vasiṣṭho rājadharmavit
sabhām ikṣvākunāthasya praviveśa mahāyaśāḥ

While he was lamenting thus, the greatly renowned Vasiṣṭha, knower of royal dharma, entered the assembly-hall of the lord of the Ikṣvākus.

Words: tathā — thus; tasmin vilapati — while he was lamenting; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; rājadharmavit — knower of royal dharma; sabhām — the assembly-hall; ikṣvākunāthasya — of the lord of the Ikṣvākus; praviveśa — entered; mahāyaśāḥ — the greatly renowned

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.