Valmiki Ramayana 2.89.23: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 89, Shloka 23
गङ्गातरणम् · Bharata’s Ferrying of the Army across the Ganga
स ब्राह्मणस्याऽश्रममभ्युपेत्य महात्मनो देवपुरोहितस्य ।
ददर्श रम्योटजवृक्षषण्डं महद्वनं विप्रवरस्य रम्यम् ॥२३॥
sa brāhmaṇasyāśramam abhyupetya mahātmano devapurohitasya |
dadarśa ramyoṭajavṛkṣaṣaṇḍaṃ mahad vanaṃ vipravarasya ramyam ||23||
ولما دنا من أشرم ذلك البرهمن العظيم—بهاردفاجا كاهنًا إلهيًّا—أبصر بهاراتا غابةً واسعةً بهيّة، تزينها أكواخٌ لطيفة وعناقيدُ من الأشجار.
Approaching the hermitage of Bharadwaja, the eminent brahmin and official priest of the gods, Bharata saw the delightful huts and trees of the charming great forest.ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে অযোধ্যাকাণ্ডে একোননবতিতমস্সর্গঃ৷৷Thus ends the eightyninth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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Dharma is reverence for sacred institutions: the hermitage represents a moral and spiritual center where rulers seek guidance and cultivate restraint.
Bharata arrives at Bharadvāja’s āśrama and observes its serene, well-ordered natural and human setting.
Bharata’s respect for ascetic life and readiness to seek counsel from the wise.
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