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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.23

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: the company crosses the Yamunā and Gaṅgā, passes through Śṛṅgaverapura, and continues toward Ayodhyā → as he approaches home, Bharata again notices its desolation.

2.105.23

śṛṅgaverapurād bhūya ayodhyāṃ saṃdadarśa ha
bharato duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ sārathiṃ cedam abravīt

From Śṛṅgaverapura, Bharata, tormented by grief, again looked upon Ayodhyā and said this to the charioteer:

Words: śṛṅgaverapurād — from Śṛṅgaverapura; bhūya — again; ayodhyāṃ — Ayodhyā; saṃdadarśa ha — looked upon; bharato — Bharata; duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ — tormented by grief; sārathiṃ — to the charioteer; cedam — and this; abravīt — said

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.