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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.6

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

2.84.6

tābhyām arghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca dattvā paścāt phalāni ca
ānupūrvyāc ca dharmajñaḥ papraccha kuśalaṃ kule

Having offered the two of them guest-water and water for the feet, and afterward fruits, that knower of dharma asked in due order after the welfare of the family.

Words: tābhyām — to the two; arghyaṃ — guest-water; ca — and; pādyaṃ — water for the feet; ca — and; dattvā — having given; paścāt — afterward; phalāni — fruits; ca — and; ānupūrvyāc — in due order; ca — and; dharmajñaḥ — the knower of dharma; papraccha — asked; kuśalaṃ — welfare; kule — in the family

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.