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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.98.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 98: Bharata’s appeal and Rāma’s answer. Bharata asks him to restore the Kingdom, Rāma teaches the inevitability of loss, separation and death

In the sequence: he asks Rāma to let those who depend on him receive the benefit of his abilities and describes the welcome awaiting him in Ayodhyā

2.98.11

śreṇayas tvāṃ mahārāja paśyantv agryāś ca sarvaśaḥ
pratapantam ivādityaṃ rājye sthitam ariṃdamam

Let the guilds and the foremost citizens on every side behold you, O great king, established in the kingdom, blazing like the sun, O tamer of foes.

Words: śreṇayas — the guilds; tvāṃ — you; mahārāja — O great king; paśyantv — let them behold; agryāś ca — and the foremost ones; sarvaśaḥ — on every side; pratapantam ivādityaṃ — like the blazing sun; rājye sthitam — established in the kingdom; ariṃdamam — tamer of foes

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.