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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.21
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.
2.104.21
adhirohārya pādābhyāṃ pāduke hemabhūṣite
ete hi sarvalokasya yogakṣemaṃ vidhāsyataḥ
“Mount with your feet, O noble one, these sandals adorned with gold; for these shall secure the welfare and safety of the whole world.”
Words: adhirohārya — mount, O noble one; pādābhyāṃ — with the two feet; pāduke — the two sandals; hemabhūṣite — adorned with gold (dual); ete — these; hi — for; sarvalokasya — of the whole world; yogakṣemaṃ — welfare and safety; vidhāsyataḥ — the two shall secure, provide
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.