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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.6

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: on the return route he visits Bharadvāja, who asks whether he met Rāma and achieved his purpose

2.105.6

sa tam āśramam āgamya bharadvājasya buddhimān
avatīrya rathāt pādau vavande kulanandanaḥ

That wise delight of his line, having come to Bharadvāja's hermitage and descended from the chariot, saluted his feet.

Words: sa — he; tam āśramam — that hermitage; āgamya — having come to; bharadvājasya — of Bharadvāja; buddhimān — the wise one; avatīrya — having descended; rathāt — from the chariot; pādau — the feet; vavande — saluted; kulanandanaḥ — the delight of his line

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.