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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.6

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

2.86.6

apetaklamasaṃtāpāḥ subhakṣyāḥ supratiśrayāḥ
api preṣyān upādāya sarve sma susukhoṣitāḥ

Freed from fatigue and distress, with good food and good shelter, all of us — even including the servants — have dwelt in great comfort.

Words: apetaklamasaṃtāpāḥ — freed from fatigue and distress; subhakṣyāḥ — with good food; supratiśrayāḥ — with good shelter; api — even; preṣyān — the servants; upādāya — including, taking along; sarve — all; sma — (emphatic); susukhoṣitāḥ — have dwelt in great comfort

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.