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

भरतस्य राज्यत्यागः तथा रामानयनप्रतिज्ञा

Bharata Rejects Kingship and Vows to Bring Rama Back

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

अभिषेचनिकं सर्वमिदमादाय, राघव, स्वजनश्श्रेणयश्च त्वां प्रतीक्षन्ते, नृपात्मज।

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Word by Word

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.