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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.19

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

2.105.19

tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā bharadvājaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
bharatas tu yayau śrīmān ayodhyāṃ saha mantribhiḥ

Then, having circled Bharadvāja to the right again and again, the illustrious Bharata set out for Ayodhyā with his counselors.

Words: tataḥ — then; pradakṣiṇaṃ — a rightward circuit; kṛtvā — having made; bharadvājaṃ — of Bharadvāja; punaḥ punaḥ — again and again; bharatas tu — and Bharata; yayau — set out; śrīmān — the illustrious; ayodhyāṃ — for Ayodhyā; saha mantribhiḥ — with the counselors

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.