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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 84: Bharadvāja questions Bharata. Bharata leaves his army and weapons behind, denies seeking to eliminate his brothers and is invited to stay before continuing

In the sequence: he explains that he has come as a petitioner to bring Rāma back and asks where to find him

2.84.17

ahaṃ tu taṃ naravyāghram upayātaḥ prasādakaḥ
pratinetum ayodhyāṃ ca pādau tasyābhivanditum

But I have come to that tiger among men as a suppliant, to lead him back to Ayodhyā and to reverence his feet.

Words: ahaṃ — I; tu — but; taṃ — that; naravyāghram — tiger among men; upayātaḥ — have approached; prasādakaḥ — as a conciliator, suppliant; pratinetum — to lead back; ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; ca — and; pādau — the two feet; tasyābhivanditum — to reverence his

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.