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# Ayodhya Kand · Doha 187

**चौ०** 
> चक्क चक्कि जिमि पुर नर नारी। चहत प्रात उर आरत भारी॥  
> जागत सब निसि भयउ बिहाना। भरत बोलाए सचिव सुजाना॥१॥

**चौ०** 
> कहेउ लेहु सबु तिलक समाजू। बनहिं देब मुनि रामहि राजू॥  
> बेगि चलहु सुनि सचिव जोहारे। तुरत तुरग रथ नाग सँवारे॥२॥

**चौ०** 
> अरुंधती अरु अगिनि समाऊ। रथ चढ़ि चले प्रथम मुनिराऊ॥  
> बिप्र बृंद चढ़ि बाहन नाना। चले सकल तप तेज निधाना॥३॥

**चौ०** 
> नगर लोग सब सजि सजि जाना। चित्रकूट कहँ कीन्ह पयाना॥  
> सिबिका सुभग न जाहिं बखानी। चढ़ि चढ़ि चलत भईं सब रानी॥४॥

Meaning: Much afflicted at heart like the male and female Cakravāka birds, the men and women of the city longed for the dawn. They kept awake the whole night till it was daybreak, when Bharata summoned the wise ministers— (1)

and said to them, “Take all that is necessary for the installation ceremony; sage Vasiṣṭha will crown Śrī Rāma in the forest itself. Start expeditiously.” Hearing this, the ministers bowed to him and had the horses, chariots and elephants immediately equipped. (2)

Taking with him his wife, Arundhatī, and the requisites for Agnihotra* (offering oblations into the sacred fire) the chief of sages, Vasiṣṭha, was the first to mount the chariot and lead the way. Hosts of Brāhmaṇas, who were all embodiments of austerity and spiritual glow, followed in vehicles of various kinds. (3)

* In ancient times, as a general rule, every Brāhmaṇa maintained the sacred fire and kept it perpetually alive till his death, when he was cremated with the same fire. He carried it with him wherever he went and poured oblations into it every morning and evening.

The people of the city followed next; having equipped the conveyances they all left for Citrakūṭa. All the queens journeyed in palanquins which were lovely beyond description. (4)

**दो०** 
> सौंपि नगर सुचि सेवकनि सादर सकल चलाइ।  
> सुमिरि राम सिय चरन तब चले भरत दोउ भाइ॥१८७॥

Meaning: Leaving the city in the charge of faithful servants and respectfully sending the whole party ahead, the two brothers, Bharata and Śatrughna, started last of all remembering the feet of Śrī Rāma and Sītā. (187)

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