Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 113, Shloka 20
पादुकाप्रदानं भरतस्य निवृत्तिश्च
The Sandals Bestowed; Bharata’s Return Toward Ayodhya
यानैश्च शकटैश्चैव हयैर्नागैश्च सा चमूः।पुनर्निवृत्ता विस्तीर्णा भरतस्यानुयायिनी।। ।।
yānaiś ca śakaṭaiś caiva hayair nāgaiś ca sā camūḥ | punar nivṛttā vistīrṇā bharatasya anuyāyinī ||
那支浩大的军旅随侍婆罗多，车乘、辎车、骏马与大象齐备，又一次回转，朝向阿踰陀而去。
O charioteer, look, Ayodhya is in shapeless shambles. It is silent and cheerless. It is dull and desolate. It shines no more.ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē ayōdhyākāṇḍē trayōdaśōraśatatamassargaḥ.Thus ends the hundredthirteenth sarga in Ayodhyakanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
FAQs
Collective duty follows rightful leadership: the army’s ordered return reflects rajadharma—public power moving in service of the kingdom’s moral crisis.
Bharata’s large retinue begins the return journey back toward Ayodhyā.
Responsibility and steadiness—Bharata is followed because he is perceived as acting for duty, not personal gain.