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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.21

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King. Śatānanda confirms Ahalyā’s release, then recounts how King Viśvāmitra’s travels with his army brought him to Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: traveling through countries, cities, mountains, rivers, and hermitages with a full army division, he reached Vasiṣṭha's retreat

1.50.21

kadā cit tu mahātejā yojayitvā varūthinīm
akṣauhiṇīparivṛtaḥ paricakrāma medinīm

Once the mighty one, having mustered an army, surrounded by an akṣauhiṇī (a full army-division), roamed about the earth.

Words: kadā cit — once, at some time; tu — and; mahātejā — the mighty one; yojayitvā — having mustered, yoked; varūthinīm — an army, host; akṣauhiṇīparivṛtaḥ — surrounded by an akṣauhiṇī (army-division); paricakrāma — roamed about, traversed; medinīm — the earth

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.