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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.18

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: Bharata takes leave and resumes the journey

2.105.18

tam ṛṣiṃ tu mahātmānam uktavākyaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ
āmantrayitum ārebhe caraṇāv upagṛhya ca

With joined palms, and clasping his feet, he began to take leave of that great-souled sage who had thus spoken.

Words: tam — that; ṛṣiṃ tu — the seer; mahātmānam — great-souled; uktavākyaṃ — who had spoken his word; kṛtāñjaliḥ — with joined palms; āmantrayitum — to take leave; ārebhe — he began; caraṇāv — the feet; upagṛhya — having clasped; ca — and

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.