Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 1
अथ राजवितीर्णेषु विविधेष्वासनेषु च।।2.1.49।। राजानमेवाभिमुखाः निषेदुर्नियता नृपाः।
atha rājavitīrṇeṣu vividheṣvāsaneṣu ca rājānamevābhimukhāḥ niṣedurniyatā nṛpāḥ|
Then the kings (who entered the assembly) took the seats assigned to them facing the king (Dasaratha), following the royal tradition.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
The kings take their assigned seats facing Dasharatha. The formal seating marks the gravity of the occasion. This is a constitutional moment — the transfer of power is being conducted with full ceremony and protocol, witnessed by the rulers of the known world.
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