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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.2

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

2.104.2

antarhitās tv ṛṣigaṇāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
tau bhrātarau mahātmānau kākutsthau praśaśaṃsire

— the invisible hosts of ṛṣis, the siddhas, and the supreme sages praised those two great-souled brothers, the Kākutsthas.

Words: antarhitās — invisible, hidden; tv — and; ṛṣigaṇāḥ — hosts of ṛṣis; siddhāś — siddhas; ca — and; paramarṣayaḥ — the supreme sages; tau — those two; bhrātarau — brothers; mahātmānau — great-souled (dual); kākutsthau — the two Kākutsthas; praśaśaṃsire — praised

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.