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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 86: Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa. The Mandākinī and leaf hut identify Rāma’s home, Bharata introduces the Queens and is urged not to blame Kaikeyī

In the sequence: the Queens approach to take leave

2.86.17

taṃ pradakṣiṇam āgamya bhagavantaṃ mahāmunim
adūrād bharatasyaiva tasthau dīnamanās tadā

Having circumambulated that venerable great sage, she then stood, downcast, not far from Bharata.

Words: taṃ — him; pradakṣiṇam — in circumambulation; āgamya — having gone around; bhagavantaṃ — the venerable; mahāmunim — great sage; adūrād — not far; bharatasyaiva — of Bharata; tasthau — stood; dīnamanās — downcast in mind; tadā — then

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.