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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.14

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

2.105.14

nivṛtto 'ham anujñāto rāmeṇa sumahātmanā
ayodhyām eva gacchāmi gṛhītvā pāduke śubhe

Permitted by the greatly noble Rāma, I have turned back, and, taking the auspicious sandals, I am going to Ayodhyā itself.”

Words: nivṛtto — turned back; 'ham — I; anujñāto — permitted; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; sumahātmanā — the greatly noble; ayodhyām — to Ayodhyā; eva — itself; gacchāmi — I am going; gṛhītvā — having taken; pāduke — the sandals; śubhe — auspicious

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.