nānānagaravāstavyānpṛthagjānapadānapi samānināya medinyāḥ pradhānānpṛthivīpatīn|
He summoned individually kings and all important citizens residing in various cities and villages of this earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Dasharatha summons kings and citizens from across the land. The scale is impressive — not just nobles but ordinary citizens are invited. The coronation of Rama is to be a people's celebration, witnessed by all. The wider the assembly, the more devastating the reversal.