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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.76.21

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Bharata’s declaration to the assembly. He rejects the throne offered by Vasiṣṭha, declares Rāma the rightful ruler and orders Sumantra to prepare the expedition

In the sequence: he orders Sumantra to organize the march

2.76.21

evam uktaḥ sumantras tu bharatena mahātmanā
prahṛṣṭaḥ so 'diśat sarvaṃ yathā saṃdiṣṭam iṣṭavat

Thus addressed by the great-souled Bharata, Sumantra, delighted, ordered everything exactly as instructed, and gladly.

Words: evam uktaḥ — thus addressed; sumantras — Sumantra; tu — and; bharatena — by Bharata; mahātmanā — the great-souled; prahṛṣṭaḥ — delighted; so — he; 'diśat — directed, ordered; sarvaṃ — everything; yathā saṃdiṣṭam — as instructed; iṣṭavat — gladly, as desired

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.