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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.19

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: his grandfather equips him with wealth, elephants, horses, blankets, and attendants → his maternal uncle adds elephants, mules, and large, fierce dogs raised in the palace

2.64.19

tathāmātyān abhipretān viśvāsyāṃś ca guṇānvitān
dadāv aśvapatiḥ śīghraṃ bharatāyānuyāyinaḥ

Likewise Aśvapati quickly gave to Bharata, to be his attendants, agreeable and trustworthy ministers endowed with virtues.

Words: tathāmātyān — likewise ministers; abhipretān — desired, agreeable; viśvāsyāṃś — trustworthy; ca — and; guṇānvitān — endowed with virtues; dadāv — gave; aśvapatiḥ — Aśvapati (the Kekaya king); śīghraṃ — quickly; bharatāyānuyāyinaḥ — to Bharata, as attendants

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.