Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 113, Shloka 22
पादुकाप्रदानं भरतस्य निवृत्तिश्च
The Sandals Bestowed; Bharata’s Return Toward Ayodhya
तां रम्यजलसंपूर्णां सन्तीर्य सहबान्धवःशृङ्गिबेरपुरं रम्यं प्रविवेश ससैनिकः।शृङ्गिबेरपुराद्भूय स्त्वयोध्यां सन्ददर्श ह।।।।
tāṃ ramyajalasaṃpūrṇāṃ santīrya sahabāndhavaḥ śṛṅgiberapuraṃ ramyaṃ praviveśa sasainikaḥ | śṛṅgiberapurād bhūyaḥ tv ayodhyāṃ sandadarśa ha ||
मनोरम जल से परिपूर्ण गंगा को पार करके भरत अपने बन्धु-बान्धवों और सेना सहित रमणीय शृङ्गिबेरपुर में प्रविष्ट हुए; और शृङ्गिबेरपुर से फिर उन्होंने अयोध्या को देखा।
Beholding a thousand varieties of beautiful minerals, Bharata with his army proceeded alongside the mountain.
FAQs
Dharma is continuity of duty through transitions: sacred crossings and city-stops frame Bharata’s return as a purposeful movement toward resolving a moral and royal rupture.
Bharata crosses the Gaṅgā, enters Śṛṅgiberapura, and then advances until Ayodhyā comes into view.
Determination (dṛḍha-saṅkalpa)—Bharata presses on with his people toward the center of responsibility.