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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.23.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 23: Story of Tāṭakā’s forest: Indra’s cleansing and the ruined country. The Sarayū’s origin and confluence are explained, Indra’s cleansing gives Malada & Karūṣa their names and Tāṭakā’s devastation makes the region impassable

In the sequence: After the morning rites, the munis provide a boat and urge them to depart without missing the proper time → Viśvāmitra and the princes begin crossing

1.23.2

te ca sarve mahātmāno munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
upasthāpya śubhāṃ nāvaṃ viśvāmitram athābruvan

And all those great-souled sages of firm vows, having brought up an auspicious boat, then said to Viśvāmitra:

Words: te — those; ca — and; sarve — all; mahātmāno — great-souled; munayaḥ — the sages; saṃśitavratāḥ — of firm vows; upasthāpya — having brought up, made ready; śubhāṃ — auspicious; nāvaṃ — a boat; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; athābruvan — then said

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.