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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.74

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: marveling that the hospitality seems like a dream, they spend the night in delight

2.85.74

vyasmayanta manuṣyās te svapnakalpaṃ tad adbhutam
dṛṣṭvātithyaṃ kṛtaṃ tādṛg bharatasya maharṣiṇā

Those men marvelled at that wonder, like a dream, seeing such hospitality done for Bharata by the great sage.

Words: vyasmayanta — marvelled; manuṣyās — men; te — those; svapnakalpaṃ — like a dream; tad — that; adbhutam — wonder; dṛṣṭvātithyaṃ — having seen the hospitality; kṛtaṃ — done; tādṛg — such; bharatasya — for Bharata; maharṣiṇā — by the great sage

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.