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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.3

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 next morning Bharata thanks Bharadvāja, saying that even the servants have been fully cared for

2.86.3

kaccid atra sukhā rātris tavāsmadviṣaye gatā
samagras te janaḥ kaccid ātithye śaṃsa me 'nagha

“Was the night passed happily by you here in our domain? And was your whole company (content) with the hospitality? Tell me, O sinless one.”

Words: kaccid — I hope, was it that; atra — here; sukhā — happy; rātris — night; tavāsmadviṣaye — by you in our domain; gatā — passed; samagras — whole, entire; te — your; janaḥ — company, people; kaccid — I hope; ātithye — with the hospitality; śaṃsa — tell; me — to me; 'nagha — O sinless one

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.