Every Command of Vasishtha Becomes Immediate Duty
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 5
Doha 5 · Movement 2 of 2
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Dasharatha gives the ministers a single governing instruction. Whatever Vasishtha orders for Ram's royal consecration must be carried out at once.
No command is to be neglected, delayed, or reduced. The king places preparation beneath the guru's complete ritual and ethical authority.
Thus Ayodhya's immense machinery of celebration receives one clear centre. Craftsmen, priests, stable keepers, treasurers, decorators, cooks, and heralds will move in many directions, but every task will remain joined to sacred counsel. Nothing is left to guesswork or private preference. Administrative speed and spiritual obedience become one gesture in service of Ram.
A thousand preparations begin from one command: let the guru's word be fulfilled without delay.
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कहेउ भूप मुनिराज कर जोइ जोइ आयसु होइ। राम राज अभिषेक हित बेगि करहु सोइ सोइ।।5।।
The king commanded: 'Whatever orders the great sage Vasishtha gives for Rama's royal consecration, carry them out at once, every one of them.'