Valmiki Ramayana 2.79.4: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 79, Shloka 4

भरतस्य राज्यत्यागः तथा रामानयनप्रतिज्ञा

Bharata Rejects Kingship and Vows to Bring Rama Back

Addressed to BharataSetting: Ayodhyā

Devanagari script

अभिषेचनिकं सर्वमिदमादाय राघव ।

प्रतीक्षते त्वां स्वजनश्श्रेणयश्च नृपात्मज ॥४॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.79.4

Transliteration

abhiṣecanikaṃ sarvam idam ādāya rāghava |

pratīkṣate tvāṃ svajanaḥ śreṇayaś ca nṛpātmaja ||4||

Translation

Ó Rāghava, ó príncipe: os teus, e também as corporações, trouxeram todos os materiais da consagração e te aguardam.

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Word by Word

• अभिषेचनिकम्: consecration-related
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhiṣecanika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; qualifying सर्वम्/इदम् (materials for consecration)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• सर्वम्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; qualifying इदम्
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)

• इदम्: this (collection)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; object of ādāya
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• आदाय: having brought/taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु; √dā दाने/ग्रहणे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having taken/brought’
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; पूर्वक्रिया)

• राघव: O Rāghava
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)

• प्रतीक्षते: waits for
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (धातु; √īkṣ दर्शने)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; collective subject
• Role: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)

• त्वाम्: you
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)

• स्वजनः: your people/kinsmen
• Type: Noun
• Root: svajana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; part of compound subject
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)

• श्रेणयः: guilds/corporations
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; coordinated subject
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चय-द्योतक)

• नृप: king
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; in compound
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)

• आत्मज: O king's son
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; address
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)

Sandhi Notes

• सर्वमिदम् = सर्वम् + इदम्
• इदमादाय = इदम् + आदाय
• स्वजनश्श्रेणयश्च = स्वजनः + श्रेणयः + च (विसर्ग/श्-सन्धि)
• नृपात्मज = नृप + आत्मज (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘नृपस्य आत्मज’)

Context

O prince of the Raghu race (Bharata), your subjects and guilds of traders, artisans, etc, have procured necessary materials for your consecration, and await you.

The teaching

Ritual and civic consensus seek the rightful center; when dharma is obstructed, society remains in suspended expectation.

Duties in tension

• Ritual readiness for rightful coronation vs political reality of Rāmas exile
• Collective will of citizens vs royal decree already enacted

Ethical theme

Legitimacy / civic dharma

For your practice

Encourages bhāva of readiness for dharmas arrival; patience and steadfastness in collective duty.

Mood and themes

Rasa

Adbhuta (wonder), with Vira (heroism)

Mood

Expectant, ceremonial, civic

Themes

• Rajadharma
• Dharma
• Civic Duty
• Political Legitimacy

Symbolism

Relationships

Cross references

Meter and recitation

Characters & Entities

• Bharata (addressed as Rāghava)
• Abhiṣeka (coronation, implied)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Collective dharma: society organizes itself—subjects and guilds alike—to uphold stable rule and legitimate succession through proper rites.

What is the narrative situation?

Ayodhyā’s people have prepared the items for Bharata’s coronation and urge him to proceed.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Civic unity and readiness to support lawful governance are emphasized through the coordinated preparation by subjects and guilds.