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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 105: Bharata carries the sandals home. The company circles Citrakūṭa, Bharata reports Rāma’s decision to Bharadvāja and recrosses the Yamunā & Gaṅgā toward Ayodhyā

In the sequence: in this retelling, Bharata says Vasiṣṭha asked Rāma to give the gold-adorned sandals, and Rāma stood facing east and handed them over to him for the Kingship → he is returning with Rāma's permission to administer the Kingdom under that trust

2.105.13

evam ukto vasiṣṭhena rāghavaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ sthitaḥ
pāduke hemavikṛte mama rājyāya te dadau

Thus addressed by Vasiṣṭha, Rāghava, standing and facing east, gave over to me, for the kingship, those two sandals wrought with gold.

Words: evam — thus; ukto — addressed; vasiṣṭhena — by Vasiṣṭha; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; prāṅmukhaḥ — facing east; sthitaḥ — standing; pāduke — the two sandals; hemavikṛte — wrought of gold; mama — to me; rājyāya — for the kingship; te — those two; dadau — gave

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.