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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.9

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

2.75.9

śāta kumbhamayīṃ ramyāṃ maṇiratnasamākulām
sudharmām iva dharmātmā sagaṇaḥ pratyapadyata

The righteous one, with his retinue, entered that lovely hall of gold, thronged with gems and jewels, as though entering the Sudharmā (the assembly-hall of the gods).

Words: śāta kumbhamayīṃ — made of gold; ramyāṃ — lovely; maṇiratnasamākulām — thronged with gems and jewels; sudharmām iva — like the Sudharmā (hall of the gods); dharmātmā — the righteous one; sagaṇaḥ — with his retinue; pratyapadyata — entered, took his place in

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.