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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.22

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

1.50.22

nagarāṇi ca rāṣṭrāṇi saritaś ca tathā girīn
āśramān kramaśo rājā vicarann ājagāmaha

The king, wandering in turn through cities and kingdoms, rivers and likewise mountains, and hermitages, came at length —

Words: nagarāṇi — cities; ca — and; rāṣṭrāṇi — kingdoms, realms; saritaś ca — and rivers; tathā — likewise; girīn — mountains; āśramān — hermitages; kramaśo — in turn, one by one; rājā — the king; vicarann — wandering; ājagāmaha — came indeed

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.