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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.91.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 91: Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa. He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa climbs down and stands beside him → meanwhile Bharata distributes his camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage.

2.91.14

avatīrya tu sālāgrāt tasmāt sa samitiṃjayaḥ
lakṣmaṇaḥ prāñjalir bhūtvā tasthau rāmasya pārśvataḥ

Descending from the top of that sāla tree, Lakṣmaṇa, victorious in battle, joined his palms and took his stand at Rāma's side.

Words: avatīrya — having descended; tu — and; sālāgrāt — from the top of the sāla tree; tasmāt — from that; sa — he; samitiṃjayaḥ — victorious in battle; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; prāñjalir bhūtvā — having joined his palms; tasthau — stood; rāmasya pārśvataḥ — at Rāma's side

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.