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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.7

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

2.105.7

tato hṛṣṭo bharadvājo bharataṃ vākyam abravīt
api kṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ tāta rāmeṇa ca samāgatam

Then the delighted Bharadvāja said to Bharata: “Has your task been accomplished, my son, and did the meeting with Rāma take place?”

Words: tato — then; hṛṣṭo — delighted; bharadvājo — Bharadvāja; bharataṃ — to Bharata; vākyam — these words; abravīt — said; api — (question particle); kṛtyaṃ — the task; kṛtaṃ — done; tāta — my son; rāmeṇa — with Rāma; ca — and; samāgatam — a meeting

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.