Sacred Waters Gather for Ram's Coronation
Ayodhya Kanda, Chaupai 6
Doha 6 · Movement 1 of 2
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Vasishtha begins naming what the consecration requires: water from every pilgrimage place, medicinal herbs, roots, flowers, fruits, leaves, royal fans, fine skins, silks, garments, gems, and auspicious articles.
He unfolds the Vedic ceremonies and turns outward toward the city. Canopies must rise, fruit heavy mangoes, areca palms, and banana trees must line the avenues, and gem inlaid platforms must transform courtyards and markets.
Yet splendour begins with worship. Ganesha, guru, family deities, and Brahmins are to be honoured before royal display. The whole sacred geography of India, the abundance of earth, and the devotion of Ayodhya gather around the vessel that will touch Ram's head.
River, forest, jewel, marketplace, and shrine begin flowing together toward Ram's anointing.
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Guru's gentle speaking instructions, complete all eight units/materials/rites/classes retained outside selected portrait.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 350 · printed pages 348. Reader passage: ayodhya-kanda-chaupai-006. Printed numbering may differ.
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- 1: Chief sage joyfully speaks gentle words: bring water from ALL excellent sacred pilgrimage places.
- 2: He names and enumerates many auspicious herbs, roots, flowers, fruits and leaves.
- 3: Chamara/fans, skins, many kinds of clothes, innumerable kinds of WOOL and SILK cloth; both material categories distinct, no hunting event inferred.
- 4: Many gems and auspicious objects suitable in the world for a king's royal anointing.
- 5: Explain all Veda-known procedures; construct varied CANOPIES in the city, not merely maintain generic beauty.
- 6: Plant fruit-bearing mango, areca and banana trees along streets throughout the city.
- 7: Arrange beautiful jeweled chowks/courtyards and quickly decorate the market.
- 8: Worship GANESHA, GURU and FAMILY DEITY, and serve BRAHMINS in all ways. The family deity is unnamed; no identity invented.
- Foreign Hindi about Bharata/Shatrughna attending mothers and summoning Nishada is outside current instructions. Complete list retained even where English omits wool/family deity; original layers unchanged.
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- Solo standing crop, exact resting/open-palm hands, gaze, approved Guru appearance and simple cream/teal pavilion/bough are art staging.
- All materials/rites/source agents retained in metadata, no literal exact inventory, completed worship or built preparations asserted by this portrait.
- Complete source facts retained in metadata; source and existing translations unchanged.
- Actual standing upper-hip crop, own hand at waist with partly relaxed fingers, open speaking palm, teal arch and sparse jasmine are art staging.
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हरषि मुनीस कहेउ मृदु बानी। आनहु सकल सुतीरथ पानी।। औषध मूल फूल फल पाना। कहे नाम गनि मंगल नाना।। चामर चरम बसन बहु भाँती। रोम पाट पट अगनित जाती।। मनिगन मंगल बस्तु अनेका। जो जग जोगु भूप अभिषेका।। बेद बिदित कहि सकल बिधाना। कहेउ रचहु पुर बिबिध बिताना।। सफल रसाल पूगफल केरा। रोपहु बीथिन्ह पुर चहुँ फेरा।। रचहु मंजु मनि चौकें चारू। कहहु बनावन बेगि बजारू।। पूजहु गनपति गुर कुलदेवा। सब बिधि करहु भूमिसुर सेवा।।
The sage rejoiced and spoke in gentle tones: 'Bring sacred water from every holy pilgrimage site. Medicinal herbs, roots, flowers, fruits, and leaves.' He counted out many auspicious items by name. Yak-tail fans, fine skins, garments of every kind, silk cloth and countless varieties of fabric. Precious gems and many auspicious articles fitting for a king's coronation. Having described every ceremony prescribed in the Vedas, he said, 'Raise festive canopies of many designs throughout the city. Plant rows of fruit-laden mango trees, areca palms, and banana trees along the avenues on all four sides of the city. Lay out beautiful gem-inlaid courtyards and platforms. Have the marketplaces decorated at once. Worship Ganapati, the Guru, and the family deities. Serve the Brahmins in every way.'