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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.56

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

2.85.56

iti pādātayodhāś ca hastyaśvārohabandhakāḥ
anāthās taṃ vidhiṃ labdhvā vācam etām udairayan

Thus the foot-soldiers and the elephant- and horse-riders and their grooms, who were masterless, having obtained that royal treatment, raised this cry.

Words: iti — thus; pādātayodhāś ca — and the foot-soldiers; hastyaśvārohabandhakāḥ — elephant- and horse-riders and their grooms; anāthās — masterless; taṃ — that; vidhiṃ — treatment, provision; labdhvā — having obtained; vācam — speech; etām — this; udairayan — raised

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.