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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.22

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: Bharadvāja says he already knew Bharata's intention and asked so that his character would become evident → he identifies Citrakūṭa as Rāma's home but invites Bharata to rest before going there the next day.

2.84.22

tatas tathety evam udāradarśanaḥ pratītarūpo bharato 'bravīd vacaḥ
cakāra buddhiṃ ca tadā mahāśrame niśānivāsāya narādhipātmajaḥ

Then the noble-looking Bharata, with a pleased face, said “So be it,” and the prince resolved to lodge for the night there in that great hermitage.

Words: tatas — then; tathety — “so [be it]”; evam — thus; udāradarśanaḥ — of noble appearance; pratītarūpo — with a pleased look; bharato — Bharata; 'bravīd — spoke; vacaḥ — the word; cakāra — made; buddhiṃ — the resolve, mind; ca — and; tadā — then; mahāśrame — in the great hermitage; niśānivāsāya — for spending the night; narādhipātmajaḥ — the son of the king

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.