sandiśya rāmaṃ nṛpati śśvobhāvinyabhiṣecane| purohitaṃ samāhūya vaśiṣṭhamidamabravīt
The king having instructed Rama summoned Vasistha, the priest and spoke to him about the coronation that was to take place on the following day
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Dasharatha summons Vasistha, the family priest, to oversee the final rituals. The king delegates the sacred details to the one man whose spiritual authority matches the gravity of the moment. The coronation enters its final phase — the priest now carries the king's command.