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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.24

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: Bharata and Śatrughna depart with chariots, servants, and an escort.

2.64.24

balena gupto bharato mahātmā sahāryakasyātmasamair amātyaiḥ
ādāya śatrughnam apetaśatrur gṛhād yayau siddha ivendralokāt

Guarded by an army, and by his grandfather's ministers who were his own equals, the great-souled Bharata, free of foes, taking Śatrughna, set out from the house like a Siddha from Indra's world.

Words: balena — by an army, force; gupto — guarded; bharato — Bharata; mahātmā — great-souled; sahāryakasyātmasamair — together with his grandfather's ministers, his equals; amātyaiḥ — with ministers; ādāya — having taken; śatrughnam — Śatrughna; apetaśatrur — free of foes; gṛhād — from the house; yayau — went, set out; siddha — a Siddha (perfected being); ivendralokāt — as if from Indra's world

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.