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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.53

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: the army becomes drunk and merry, and soldiers cry that they want to go neither to Ayodhyā nor to Daṇḍaka, wishing Bharata well and happiness to Rāma

2.85.53

nāśvabandho 'śvam ājānān na gajaṃ kuñjaragrahaḥ
mattapramattamuditā camūḥ sā tatra saṃbabhau

No groom recognized his horse, nor did the elephant-keeper his elephant; that army stood there drunk, heedless, and merry.

Words: nāśvabandho — no groom; 'śvam — his horse; ājānān — recognized; na — nor; gajaṃ — the elephant; kuñjaragrahaḥ — the elephant-keeper; mattapramattamuditā — drunk, heedless, and merry; camūḥ — army; sā — that; tatra — there; saṃbabhau — shone, appeared

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.