← 2.85.76 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.77
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.
2.85.77
tathaiva mattā madirotkaṭā narās tathaiva divyāgurucandanokṣitāḥ
tathaiva divyā vividhāḥ sraguttamāḥ pṛthakprakīrṇā manujaiḥ pramarditāḥ
Even so the men remained drunk and flushed with liquor, even so anointed with divine aloe-wood and sandal; even so the various excellent divine garlands lay scattered here and there, crushed by the men.
Words: tathaiva — even so; mattā — drunk; madirotkaṭā — flushed with liquor; narās — men; tathaiva — even so; divyāgurucandanokṣitāḥ — anointed with divine aloe-wood and sandal; tathaiva — even so; divyā — divine; vividhāḥ — various; sraguttamāḥ — excellent garlands; pṛthakprakīrṇā — scattered here and there; manujaiḥ — by the men; pramarditāḥ — crushed
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.