Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 94: Rāma questions Bharata’s governance · 2.94.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.94.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 94: Rāma questions Bharata’s governance. He asks after the family, advisers, spies, troop provisions, water, revenue and impartial justice, still unaware of Daśaratha’s death

In the sequence: Rāma kisses Bharata's head, draws him close, and asks why he has left their father to come to the forest looking so distressed

2.94.1

āghrāya rāmas taṃ mūrdhni pariṣvajya ca rāghavaḥ
aṅke bharatam āropya paryapṛcchat samāhitaḥ

Having kissed Bharata upon his head and embraced him, Rāghava Rāma set him upon his lap and, composed, questioned him.

Words: āghrāya — having smelled (kissed upon); rāmas — Rāma; taṃ — him; mūrdhni — on the head; pariṣvajya — having embraced; ca — and; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; aṅke — on his lap; bharatam — Bharata; āropya — having placed; paryapṛcchat — questioned; samāhitaḥ — composed, attentive

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.