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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.105.8
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
2.105.8
evam uktas tu bharato bharadvājena dhīmatā
pratyuvāca bharadvājaṃ bharato dharmavatsalaḥ
Thus addressed by the sagacious Bharadvāja, Bharata, cherishing dharma, replied to Bharadvāja:
Words: evam — thus; uktas tu — being addressed; bharato — Bharata; bharadvājena — by Bharadvāja; dhīmatā — the sagacious; pratyuvāca — replied to; bharadvājaṃ — Bharadvāja; bharato — Bharata; dharmavatsalaḥ — fond of dharma
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.