Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 68: Vasiṣṭha’s Messengers go to Bring Bharata
Text 2.68.5
एहि सिद्धार्थ विजय जयन्ताशोक नन्दन।
श्रूयतामितिकर्तव्यं सर्वानेव ब्रवीमि वः॥
ehi siddhārtha vijaya jayantāśoka nandana
śrūyatām iti-kartavyaṁ sarvān eva bravīmi vaḥ
ehi = come; siddhārtha = Siddhārtha; vijaya = Vijaya; jayanta-aśoka = Jayanta and Aśoka; nandana = dear; śrūyatām = listen; iti-kartavyam = to what has to be done; sarvān eva = everything [that needs to be done]; bravīmi = I will tell; vaḥ = you.
Come, dear Siddhārtha, Vijaya, Jayanta and Aśoka, listen to what has to be done. I will tell you everything [that needs to be done].1
1 This translation is based on a parallel passage in Śrī Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita’s Saṅgraha Rāmāyaṇa. Text 1.7.3 of Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa enlists Siddhārtha, Vijaya, Jayanta and Aśoka as ministers of King Daśaratha.