Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 101: Bharata Informs Rāma About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.101.3
स समृद्धां मया सार्धमयोध्यां गच्छ राघव।
अभिषेचय चात्मानं कुलस्यास्य भवाय नः॥
sa samṛddhāṁ mayā sārdham ayodhyāṁ gaccha rāghava
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṁ kulasyāsya bhavāya naḥ
saḥ1 samṛddhām = to the prosperous; mayā sārdham = with Me; ayodhyām = Ayodhyā; gaccha = come; rāghava = O descendant of Raghu; abhiṣecaya = coronate; ca = and; ātmānam = Yourself; kulasya asya = dynasty; bhavāya = for the welfare 1; naḥ = of Our.
“O descendant of Raghu, as the eldest son, come with Me to the prosperous Ayodhyā and coronate Yourself for the welfare of Our dynasty.
1 Technical note: saḥ gaccha.
NOTE. It is significant that Bharata wants Rāmacandra to become the king of Ayodhyā for the welfare of the dynasty which naturally leads to the welfare of all. We will come across a sample of the benefits experienced by the citizens under Lord Rāma’s rule at the end of the Yuddha-kāṇḍa (Canto 6) and in the Uttara-kāṇḍa (Canto 7). Prabhupāda remarks thus in his purport to Bhagavad-gītā 1.36:
Although a responsible man in the administration of a state is required to be saintly, he should not be cowardly. For example, Lord Rāma was so saintly that people even now are anxious to live in the kingdom of Lord Rāma (rāma-rājya), but Lord Rāma never showed any cowardice. Rāvaṇa was an aggressor against Rāma because Rāvaṇa kidnapped Rāma’s wife, Sītā, but Lord Rāma gave him sufficient lessons, unparalleled in the history of the world.