Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to AyodhyāText 2.111.24
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to Ayodhyā
Text 2.111.24
अथोत्थाय जलं स्पृष्ट्वा भरतो वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
शृण्वन्तु मे परिषदो मन्त्रिणः श्रेणयस्तथा॥
athotthāya jalaṁ spṛṣṭvā bharato vākyam abravīt
śṛṇvantu me pariṣado mantriṇaḥ śreṇayas tathā
atha = then; utthāya = got up; jalam = water; spṛṣṭvā = touched; bharataḥ = Bharata; vākyam = these words; abravīt = and spoke; śṛṇvantu = hear; me = Me; pariṣadaḥ = may the brāhmaṇa communities; mantriṇaḥ = ministers; śreṇayaḥ = citizens; tathā = and.
Bharata then got up, touched water and spoke these words, “May the brāhmaṇa communities, ministers and citizens hear Me.