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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.24

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.

2.104.24

athānupūrvyāt pratipūjya taṃ janaṃ gurūṃś ca mantriprakṛtīs tathānujau
vyasarjayad rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ sthitaḥ svadharme himavān ivācalaḥ

Then, honoring in due order that assembly of people, the elders, the ministers and officials, and likewise his two younger brothers, Rāma, augmenter of the Raghu line, dismissed them, standing firm in his own dharma, unshaken like the Himālaya.

Words: athānupūrvyāt — then in due order; pratipūjya — having honored; taṃ — that; janaṃ — people; gurūṃś — the elders; ca — and; mantriprakṛtīs — the ministers and officials; tathānujau — and likewise the two younger brothers; vyasarjayad — dismissed; rāghavavaṃśavardhanaḥ — augmenter of the Rāghava line; sthitaḥ — standing; svadharme — in his own dharma; himavān — the Himālaya; ivācalaḥ — like the immovable

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.