Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya · 2.64.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: The messengers deliver the urgent summons while Bharata is speaking of his dream

2.64.1

bharate bruvati svapnaṃ dūtās te klāntavāhanāḥ
praviśyāsahyaparikhaṃ ramyaṃ rājagṛhaṃ puram

While Bharata was recounting his dream, those messengers, their mounts worn out, entered the lovely city of Rājagṛha with its unassailable moat.

Words: bharate — while Bharata; bruvati — was speaking; svapnaṃ — the dream; dūtās — the messengers; te — those; klāntavāhanāḥ — their mounts worn out; praviśyāsahyaparikhaṃ — having entered (the city) with its unassailable moat; ramyaṃ — lovely; rājagṛhaṃ — Rājagṛha; puram — city

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.