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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.43

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: women sent by Brahmā and Kubera arrive, along with apsarases from Nandana; gandharvas including Nārada and Tumburu sing, and apsarases dance before Bharata

2.85.43

nāradas tumburur gopaḥ parvataḥ sūryavarcasaḥ
ete gandharvarājāno bharatasyāgrato jaguḥ

Nārada, Tumburu, Gopa, Parvata, and Sūryavarcas — these kings of the gandharvas sang before Bharata.

Words: nāradas — Nārada; tumburur — Tumburu; gopaḥ — Gopa; parvataḥ — Parvata; sūryavarcasaḥ — Sūryavarcas; ete — these; gandharvarājāno — kings of the gandharvas; bharatasyāgrato — before Bharata; jaguḥ — sang

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.