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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.25
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.
2.104.25
taṃ mātaro bāṣpagṛhītakaṇṭho duḥkhena nāmantrayituṃ hi śekuḥ
sa tv eva mātṝr abhivādya sarvā rudan kuṭīṃ svāṃ praviveśa rāmaḥ
His mothers, their throats choked with tears, could not for grief even bid him farewell; but Rāma, having saluted all the mothers, entered his own hut, weeping.
Words: taṃ — him; mātaro — the mothers; bāṣpagṛhītakaṇṭho — with throats seized by tears; duḥkhena — for grief; nāmantrayituṃ — to bid farewell; hi — indeed; śekuḥ — were able; sa — he; tv — but; eva — indeed; mātṝr — the mothers; abhivādya — having saluted; sarvā — all; rudan — weeping; kuṭīṃ — the hut; svāṃ — his own; praviveśa — entered; rāmaḥ — Rāma
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.