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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.5

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: Bharata explains that he kept the army away so its men and animals would not damage the hermitage's trees, water, ground, and huts → at Bharadvāja's request, he brings it forward

2.85.5

kimarthaṃ cāpi nikṣipya dūre balam ihāgataḥ
kasmān nehopayāto 'si sabalaḥ puruṣarṣabha

And why have you come here having left your army far away? Why have you not come here with your army, O bull among men?

Words: kimarthaṃ — for what purpose; cāpi — and; nikṣipya — having left, set down; dūre — far away; balam — the army; ihāgataḥ — come here; kasmān — why; nehopayāto 'si — you have not come here; sabalaḥ — with your army; puruṣarṣabha — O bull among men

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.