Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 104: Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals · 2.104.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 104: Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals. Rāma steps into the gold-adorned sandals and returns them, Bharata circles him and prepares to depart

In the sequence: The ṛṣis admire the brothers' conduct

2.104.1

tam apratimatejobhyāṃ bhrātṛbhyāṃ romaharṣaṇam
vismitāḥ saṃgamaṃ prekṣya samavetā maharṣayaḥ

The great sages assembled there, amazed, beholding that hair-thrilling meeting of the two brothers of incomparable splendor —

Words: tam — that; apratimatejobhyāṃ — of incomparable splendor (dual); bhrātṛbhyāṃ — of the two brothers; romaharṣaṇam — hair-thrilling; vismitāḥ — amazed; saṃgamaṃ — the meeting; prekṣya — having beheld; samavetā — assembled; maharṣayaḥ — the great sages

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.