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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.8

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: they exchange inquiries about the Kingdom and hermitage, but the maharṣi, already aware of Daśaratha's death, does not ask after him

2.84.8

vasiṣṭho bharataś cainaṃ papracchatur anāmayam
śarīre 'gniṣu vṛkṣeṣu śiṣyeṣu mṛgapakṣiṣu

Vasiṣṭha and Bharata in turn inquired after his well-being — as to his body, his sacred fires, the trees, the disciples, and the beasts and birds.

Words: vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; bharataś — Bharata; cainaṃ — and him; papracchatur — the two asked; anāmayam — about well-being; śarīre — concerning the body; 'gniṣu — the sacred fires; vṛkṣeṣu — the trees; śiṣyeṣu — the disciples; mṛgapakṣiṣu — the beasts and birds

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.