← 2.105.15 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 105: Bharata carries the sandals home · 2.105.17 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.16

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: Bharadvāja praises his conduct and says that such a son preserves Daśaratha's good name

2.105.16

naitac citraṃ naravyāghra śīlavṛttavatāṃ vara
yad āryaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhet tu nimne vṛṣṭim ivodakam

“This is no wonder, O tiger among men, O best of those endowed with good conduct, that nobility should dwell in you, as rainwater settles in a hollow.

Words: naitac — this is not; citraṃ — a wonder; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; śīlavṛttavatāṃ — of those endowed with good conduct; vara — O best; yad — that; āryaṃ — what is noble; tvayi — in you; tiṣṭhet — should dwell; tu — indeed; nimne — in a hollow; vṛṣṭim — rain; ivodakam — as water

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.