{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":73,"title":"Bharata’s plan to restore Rāma","sentence":"He refuses the prepared abhiṣeka, orders its materials taken to the forest and commissions a road for the expedition","portion":"The expedition to bring Rāma back","sequence":[[{"steps":["On the fourteenth morning, the officials ask Bharata to accept the prepared abhiṣeka and protect the leaderless Kingdom (73.1–5)"],"from":1,"to":5,"sarga":73},{"steps":["he respectfully walks around the ceremonial vessels but refuses: in their family the eldest should rule (73.6–8)"],"from":6,"to":8,"sarga":73},{"steps":["he orders an army readied and the abhiṣeka materials brought along so that Rāma can be crowned in the forest and escorted home (73.9–11)"],"from":9,"to":11,"sarga":73},{"steps":["he offers to spend the fourteen years in exile himself","he directs workers to prepare the route, with scouts and guards along it (73.12–13)"],"from":12,"to":13,"sarga":73},{"steps":["the people and ministers welcome his decision, and the work begins (73.14–17)."],"from":14,"to":17,"sarga":73}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"2.073.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase 'tha caturdaśe","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sametya rājakartāro bharataṃ vākyam abruvan","q":null}],"tr":"Then at daybreak, on the fourteenth day, the king-makers assembled and spoke these words to Bharata:","w":[["tataḥ","then"],["prabhātasamaye","at daybreak","",[["prabhāta","dawn"],["samaya","time"]]],["divase 'tha","and on the day","divase atha"],["caturdaśe","fourteenth"],["sametya","having assembled"],["rājakartāro","the king-makers","rājakartāraḥ",[["rāja","king"],["kartṛ","maker"]]],["bharataṃ","to Bharata"],["vākyam","words"],["abruvan","spoke"]]},{"v":2,"ref":"2.073.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"gato daśarathaḥ svargaṃ yo no gurutaro guruḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmaṃ pravrājya vai jyeṣṭhaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam","q":null}],"tr":"Daśaratha, who was the most venerable elder to us, has gone to heaven, having exiled his eldest son Rāma and the mighty Lakṣmaṇa.","w":[["gato","has gone","gataḥ"],["daśarathaḥ","Daśaratha"],["svargaṃ","to heaven"],["yo","who","yaḥ"],["no","to us","naḥ"],["gurutaro","the most venerable","gurutaraḥ",[["guru","elder, revered"],["tara","more, -most"]]],["guruḥ","elder, revered one"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["pravrājya","having exiled, sent forth"],["vai","indeed"],["jyeṣṭhaṃ","eldest"],["lakṣmaṇaṃ ca","and Lakṣmaṇa"],["mahābalam","the mighty","",[["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]]]},{"v":3,"ref":"2.073.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tvam adya bhava no rājā rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"saṃgatyā nāparādhnoti rājyam etad anāyakam","q":null}],"tr":"Become our king this day, O illustrious prince; by your timely accession this leaderless kingdom will not fall into ruin.","w":[["tvam","you"],["adya","today"],["bhava","become"],["no","our","naḥ"],["rājā","king"],["rājaputra","O prince","rāja-putra",[["rāja","king"],["putra","son"]]],["mahāyaśaḥ","O illustrious one","mahā-yaśaḥ",[["mahā","great"],["yaśas","fame"]]],["saṃgatyā","by (this) timely union"],["nāparādhnoti","incurs no harm, does not go to ruin","na aparādhnoti"],["rājyam","the kingdom"],["etad","this","etat"],["anāyakam","leaderless","an-āyakam",[["an","without"],["nāyaka","leader"]]]]},{"v":4,"ref":"2.073.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ābhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja","q":null}],"tr":"Taking up all these consecration materials, O Rāghava, your own people and the guilds await you, O prince.","w":[["ābhiṣecanikaṃ","the consecration materials"],["sarvam","all"],["idam","this"],["ādāya","having taken up"],["rāghava","O Rāghava"],["pratīkṣate","awaits"],["tvāṃ","you"],["svajanaḥ","your own people","sva-janaḥ",[["sva","own"],["jana","people"]]],["śreṇayaś ca","and the guilds","śreṇayaḥ ca"],["nṛpātmaja","O prince","nṛpa-ātmaja",[["nṛpa","king"],["ātmaja","son"]]]]},{"v":5,"ref":"2.073.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"rājyaṃ gṛhāṇa bharata pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ pāhi cāsmān nararṣabha","q":null}],"tr":"Take up the great kingdom of your fathers and forefathers, Bharata; 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so you good people ought not to speak to me thus.","w":[["jyeṣṭhasya","of the eldest"],["rājatā","kingship"],["nityam","always"],["ucitā","fitting, proper"],["hi","for, indeed"],["kulasya naḥ","of our family"],["naivaṃ","not thus","na evaṃ"],["bhavanto","you (honorific pl.)","bhavantaḥ"],["māṃ","to me"],["vaktum","to speak"],["arhanti","ought"],["kuśalā","good, wise","kuśalāḥ"],["janāḥ","people"]]},{"v":8,"ref":"2.073.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"rāmaḥ pūrvo hi no bhrātā bhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ahaṃ tv araṇye vatsyāmi varṣāṇi nava pañca ca","q":null}],"tr":"For Rāma, our elder brother, shall be lord of the earth; and I will dwell in the forest for fourteen years.","w":[["rāmaḥ","Rāma"],["pūrvo","elder, senior","pūrvaḥ"],["hi","for"],["no","our","naḥ"],["bhrātā","brother"],["bhaviṣyati","shall be"],["mahīpatiḥ","lord of the earth","",[["mahī","earth"],["pati","lord"]]],["ahaṃ tv","but I","ahaṃ tu"],["araṇye","in the forest"],["vatsyāmi","I will dwell"],["varṣāṇi","years"],["nava","nine"],["pañca ca","and five (i.e. fourteen)"]]},{"v":9,"ref":"2.073.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yujyatāṃ mahatī senā caturaṅgamahābalā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaraṃ rāghavaṃ vanāt","q":null}],"tr":"Let a great army be equipped, mighty with its four divisions; I will bring back my eldest brother Rāghava from the forest.","w":[["yujyatāṃ","let (it) be equipped, yoked"],["mahatī","great"],["senā","army"],["caturaṅgamahābalā","mighty with four divisions","catur-aṅga-mahā-balā",[["catur","four"],["aṅga","division, limb"],["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]],["ānayiṣyāmy","I will bring back","ānayiṣyāmi"],["ahaṃ","I"],["jyeṣṭhaṃ","eldest"],["bhrātaraṃ","brother"],["rāghavaṃ","Rāghava"],["vanāt","from the forest"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"2.073.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva sarvam etad upaskṛtam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"puraskṛtya gamiṣyāmi rāmahetor vanaṃ prati","q":null}],"tr":"And placing at the fore all these consecration materials made ready, I will go toward the forest for Rāma's sake.","w":[["ābhiṣecanikaṃ caiva","and the consecration materials"],["sarvam","all"],["etad","this","etat"],["upaskṛtam","made ready, prepared"],["puraskṛtya","having placed in front"],["gamiṣyāmi","I will go"],["rāmahetor","for Rāma's sake","rāmahetoḥ",[["rāma","Rāma"],["hetu","cause, sake"]]],["vanaṃ prati","toward the forest"]]},{"v":11,"ref":"2.073.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tatraiva taṃ naravyāghram abhiṣicya puraskṛtam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"āneṣyāmi tu vai rāmaṃ havyavāham ivādhvarāt","q":null}],"tr":"There indeed I will consecrate that tiger among men, and, honouring him, bring Rāma back, like the sacrificial fire from the sacrifice.","w":[["tatraiva","there indeed","tatra eva"],["taṃ","that"],["naravyāghram","tiger among men","",[["nara","man"],["vyāghra","tiger"]]],["abhiṣicya","having consecrated"],["puraskṛtam","honoured, placed foremost"],["āneṣyāmi","I will bring"],["tu vai","indeed"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["havyavāham","the fire (bearer of oblations)","",[["havya","oblation"],["vāha","carrier"]]],["ivādhvarāt","as from the sacrifice","iva adhvarāt"]]},{"v":12,"ref":"2.073.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"na sakāmā kariṣyāmi svam imāṃ mātṛgandhinīm","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vane vatsyāmy ahaṃ durge rāmo rājā bhaviṣyati","q":null}],"tr":"I will not fulfill the desire of this one who is my mother in name only; 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