Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and FamilyText 2.91.59
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 91: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata, His Army and Family
Text 2.91.59
इति पादातयोधाश्च हस्त्यश्वारोहबन्धकाः।
अनाथास्तं विधिं लब्ध्वा वाचमेतामुदैरयन्॥
iti pādāta-yodhāś ca hasty-aśvāroha-bandhakāḥ
anāthās taṁ vidhiṁ labdhvā vācam etām udairayan
iti pādāta-yodhāḥ = the foot soldiers; ca = and; hasti-aśva-āroha-bandhakāḥ = horse riders, mahouts, chariot drivers and their servants; anāthāḥ = ignored their authorities; tam = such; vidhim = hospitality; labdhvā = having received; vācam = words; etām = such; udairayan = exclaimed.
Having received such hospitality, the foot soldiers, horse riders, mahouts, chariot drivers and their servants ignored their authorities and exclaimed such words.
Anāthāḥ indicates that they became independent [in thought].