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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.57

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

2.85.57

saṃprahṛṣṭā vinedus te narās tatra sahasraśaḥ
bharatasyānuyātāraḥ svarge 'yam iti cābruvan

Greatly delighted, those men there cried out by the thousands; the followers of Bharata said, “This is heaven!”

Words: saṃprahṛṣṭā — greatly delighted; vinedus — cried out; te — those; narās — men; tatra — there; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands; bharatasyānuyātāraḥ — the followers of Bharata; svarge — in heaven; 'yam — this; iti — thus; cābruvan — and said

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.