Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 83: Bharata Reaches Śṛṅgiberapura
Text 2.83.16
समाहिता वेदविदो ब्राह्मणा वृत्तसंमताः।
गोरथैर्भरतं यान्तमनुजग्मुः सहस्रशः॥
samāhitā vedavido brāhmaṇā vṛtta-sammatāḥ
go-rathair bharataṁ yāntam anujagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ
samāhitāḥ = engaged in yoga; vedavidaḥ = who were knowers of the Veda; brāhmaṇāḥ = brāhmaṇas; vṛtta-sammatāḥ = and whose occupation was approved; go-rathaiḥ = on bullock carts; bharatam = Bharata; yāntam = who proceeded ahead; anujagmuḥ = followed; sahasraśaḥ = thousands of.
Thousands of brāhmaṇas engaged in yoga, who were knowers of the Veda and whose occupation was approved, followed Bharata on bullock carts as He proceeded ahead.1
1 These brāhmaṇas were deeply absorbed in the thought of Lord Rāma.