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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.37

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.

2.85.37

ānupūrvyān niṣeduś ca sarve mantrapurohitāḥ
tataḥ senāpatiḥ paścāt praśāstā ca niṣedatuḥ

And all the ministers and priests sat down in due order; then afterwards the army-commander and the chief steward sat down.

Words: ānupūrvyān — in due order; niṣeduś ca — and sat down; sarve — all; mantrapurohitāḥ — ministers and priests; tataḥ — then; senāpatiḥ — the army-commander; paścāt — afterward; praśāstā ca — and the chief steward; niṣedatuḥ — the two sat down

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.