{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":75,"title":"Bharata refuses royal honours","sentence":"He stops the morning music proclaiming him King, Vasiṣṭha calls the ministers, priests, commanders and guild representatives to assemble","portion":"The expedition to bring Rāma back","sequence":[[{"steps":["At dawn the palace musicians and bards begin honoring Bharata as King (75.1–3)"],"from":1,"to":3,"sarga":75},{"steps":["he stops them, declaring that he is not the King","he tells Śatrughna that the Kingdom has been left without direction by Kaikeyī's actions and Daśaratha's death (75.4–6)"],"from":4,"to":6,"sarga":75},{"steps":["as the household weeps, Vasiṣṭha enters the assembly hall (75.7–9)"],"from":7,"to":9,"sarga":75},{"steps":["he urgently summons priests, ministers, military leaders, and representatives of the guilds (75.10–11)"],"from":10,"to":11,"sarga":75},{"steps":["the gathering fills the hall and welcomes Bharata 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