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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.5

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

2.84.5

samāgamya vasiṣṭhena bharatenābhivāditaḥ
abudhyata mahātejāḥ sutaṃ daśarathasya tam

Having met with Vasiṣṭha and been saluted by Bharata, the greatly effulgent sage recognized him as that son of Daśaratha.

Words: samāgamya — having met; vasiṣṭhena — with Vasiṣṭha; bharatenābhivāditaḥ — saluted by Bharata; abudhyata — recognized, understood; mahātejāḥ — the greatly effulgent one; sutaṃ — the son; daśarathasya — of Daśaratha; tam — him

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.