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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.20

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

2.105.20

yānaiś ca śakaṭaiś caiva hayaiś nāgaiś ca sā camūḥ
punar nivṛttā vistīrṇā bharatasyānuyāyinī

That vast army following Bharata, with its carriages, carts, horses, and elephants, turned back again.

Words: yānaiś ca — and with carriages; śakaṭaiś caiva — and with carts; hayaiś — with horses; nāgaiś ca — and with elephants; sā — that; camūḥ — army; punar — again; nivṛttā — turned back; vistīrṇā — vast, spread out; bharatasyānuyāyinī — following Bharata

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.