Shloka 20
महाभिषेकः
Sugriva’s Coronation and Angada’s Installation
ततः प्रकृतयस्सर्वा दृष्ट्वा हरिगणेश्वरम्।।प्रणम्य मूर्ध्ना पतिता वसुधायां समाहिताः।
tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā harigaṇeśvaram | praṇamya mūrdhnā patitā vasudhāyāṁ samāhitāḥ ||
പിന്നീട് ഹരിഗണേശ്വരനെ (വാനരസേനയുടെ അധിപനെ) കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, എല്ലാ പൗരന്മാരും നെറ്റി ഭൂമിയിൽ തൊടുവോളം നമസ്കരിച്ചു; ശാന്തചിത്തത്തോടെ ഒരുമിച്ചു ഇരുന്നു.
Then all the subjects of the city collected together, prostrated to the chief of the monkey clan with their forehead touching the ground (as a mark of respect) and sat down.
FAQs
Civic dharma: subjects honor rightful leadership through respectful conduct, sustaining social harmony.
The people of Kiṣkindhā formally receive Sugrīva with prostration and attentive assembly.
Sugrīva’s acknowledged legitimacy and the community’s orderly reverence.