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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.20

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: Bharata presents gold-adorned sandals and asks Rāma to place his feet in them → Rāma does so, steps out, and hands them back → Bharata walks respectfully around him and has the sandals placed on an elephant for the return → Rāma says goodbye to the gathering and his mothers, then goes back into the hut in tears.

2.104.20

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ bharataḥ kausalyāsutam abravīt
tejasādityasaṃkāśaṃ pratipaccandradarśanam

To the son of Kausalyā speaking thus — resembling the sun in splendor, with the aspect of the first-day moon — Bharata said:

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvāṇaṃ — speaking; bharataḥ — Bharata; kausalyāsutam — the son of Kausalyā; abravīt — said; tejasādityasaṃkāśaṃ — resembling the sun in splendor; pratipaccandradarśanam — with the look of the first-day moon

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.