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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.35

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: seeing the royal throne, he honors it and bows toward it for Rāma's sake, takes a whisk-fan, and sits on a minister's seat → the others take their seats in due order.

2.85.35

tatra rājāsanaṃ divyaṃ vyajanaṃ chatram eva ca
bharato mantribhiḥ sārdham abhyavartata rājavat

There stood a divine royal throne, a fan, and a parasol; and Bharata, together with his ministers, approached it like a king.

Words: tatra — there; rājāsanaṃ — royal throne; divyaṃ — divine; vyajanaṃ — a fan; chatram eva ca — and a parasol; bharato — Bharata; mantribhiḥ — with the ministers; sārdham — together; abhyavartata — approached; rājavat — like a king

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.