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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.36

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: Bharata orders the army to prepare, and the expedition heads south, with the Queens eager to see Rāma.

2.86.36

sā saṃprahṛṣṭadvipavājiyodhā vitrāsayantī mṛgapakṣisaṃghān
mahad vanaṃ tat pravigāhamānā rarāja senā bharatasya tatra

That army of Bharata, with its exultant elephants, horses and warriors, terrifying the flocks of beasts and birds, plunging into that great forest, shone resplendent there.

Words: sā — that; saṃprahṛṣṭadvipavājiyodhā — with exultant elephants, horses and warriors; vitrāsayantī — terrifying; mṛgapakṣisaṃghān — the flocks of beasts and birds; mahad — great; vanaṃ — forest; tat — that; pravigāhamānā — plunging into; rarāja — shone; senā — army; bharatasya — of Bharata; tatra — there

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.