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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.3

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: Bharata halts the army away from the hermitage, lays aside his weapons, and approaches on foot behind Vasiṣṭha

2.84.3

tataḥ saṃdarśane tasya bharadvājasya rāghavaḥ
mantriṇas tān avasthāpya jagāmānu purohitam

then, within sight of that Bharadvāja, Rāghava left his ministers behind and went on behind the priest.

Words: tataḥ — then; saṃdarśane — within sight; tasya — of that; bharadvājasya — of Bharadvāja; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava (Bharata); mantriṇas — the ministers; tān — those; avasthāpya — having stationed; jagāmānu — went after; purohitam — the family priest

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.