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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.4

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 welcomes them with water and fruit

2.84.4

vasiṣṭham atha dṛṣṭvaiva bharadvājo mahātapāḥ
saṃcacālāsanāt tūrṇaṃ śiṣyān arghyam iti bruvan

Now Bharadvāja of great austerity, the moment he saw Vasiṣṭha, rose quickly from his seat, telling his disciples, “The guest-offering!”

Words: vasiṣṭham — Vasiṣṭha; atha — now, then; dṛṣṭvaiva — as soon as he saw; bharadvājo — Bharadvāja; mahātapāḥ — of great austerity; saṃcacālāsanāt — rose from his seat; tūrṇaṃ — quickly; śiṣyān — to the disciples; arghyam — the guest-water offering; iti — thus; bruvan — saying

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.