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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.9

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: Bharadvāja directs him toward Citrakūṭa, two and a half yojanas away, and identifies the Mandākinī and the nearby leaf hut as landmarks

2.86.9

iti pṛṣṭas tu bharataṃ bhrātṛdarśanalālasaṃ
pratyuvāca mahātejā bharadvājo mahātapāḥ

Thus questioned, the greatly splendid Bharadvāja of great penance answered Bharata, who longed to see his brother.

Words: iti — thus; pṛṣṭas — questioned; tu — and; bharataṃ — Bharata; bhrātṛdarśanalālasaṃ — longing to see his brother; pratyuvāca — answered; mahātejā — greatly splendid; bharadvājo — Bharadvāja; mahātapāḥ — of great penance

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.