Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 5: Vasiṣṭha Prepares Rāma for the Coronation
Text 2.5.12

ततो यथावद्रामेण स राज्ञो गुरुरर्चितः।
अभ्यनुज्ञाप्य काकुत्स्थं ययौ रामनिवेशनात्॥

tato yathāvad rāmeṇa sa rājño gurur arcitaḥ
abhyanujñāpya kākutsthaṁ yayau rāma-niveśanāt

tataḥ = then; yathāvat = properly; rāmeṇa = Rāma; saḥ1 rājñaḥ = the king’s; guruḥ = spiritual master; arcitaḥ = honored; abhyanujñāpya = Having sent back; kākutstham = the descendant of Kakutstha; yayau = Vasiṣṭha departed; rāma-niveśanāt = from Rāma’s residence.


1. Technical note: saḥ guruḥ.

 

Then Rāma honored the king’s spiritual master properly. Having sent back the descendant of Kakutstha, Vasiṣṭha departed from Rāma’s residence.1


1. Rāma had come out of His residence to send off Vasiṣṭha who then sent Him back into His residence.