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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.75

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

2.85.75

ity evaṃ ramamāṇānāṃ devānām iva nandane
bharadvājāśrame ramye sā rātrir vyatyavartata

Thus, as they reveled like the gods in Nandana, that night passed by in the lovely hermitage of Bharadvāja.

Words: ity evaṃ — thus; ramamāṇānāṃ — of those revelling; devānām iva — like the gods; nandane — in Nandana; bharadvājāśrame — in Bharadvāja's hermitage; ramye — lovely; sā — that; rātrir — night; vyatyavartata — passed by

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.