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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.76

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 rivers, gandharvas, and women take leave of Bharadvāja and depart; the men remain flushed with drink, and crushed divine garlands lie scattered around them.

2.85.76

pratijagmuś ca tā nadyo gandharvāś ca yathāgatam
bharadvājam anujñāpya tāś ca sarvā varāṅganāḥ

And those rivers and the gandharvas went back as they had come, and all those lovely women too, having taken leave of Bharadvāja.

Words: pratijagmuś ca — and went back; tā — those; nadyo — rivers; gandharvāś ca — and the gandharvas; yathāgatam — as they had come; bharadvājam — Bharadvāja; anujñāpya — having taken leave of; tāś ca — and those; sarvā — all; varāṅganāḥ — lovely women

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.