Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 82: Bharata examines the grass bed · 2.82.2 →
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.82.1
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 82: Bharata examines the grass bed. Traces of Sītā’s gold and silk reveal where she slept, he vows to adopt forest life and offer himself in Rāma’s place
In the sequence: Bharata examines the flattened grass and contrasts it with Rāma's former bedding and palace life
2.82.1
tac chrutvā nipuṇaṃ sarvaṃ bharataḥ saha mantribhiḥ
iṅgudīmūlam āgamya rāmaśayyām avekṣya tām
Having heard all this attentively, Bharata, together with his ministers, came to the foot of the iṅgudī tree and, gazing upon that bed of Rāma's,
Words: tac — that; chrutvā — having heard; nipuṇaṃ — attentively, closely; sarvaṃ — all; bharataḥ — Bharata; saha — together with; mantribhiḥ — with the ministers; iṅgudīmūlam — to the foot of the iṅgudī tree; āgamya — having come; rāmaśayyām — the bed of Rāma; avekṣya — having looked upon; tām — that
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.