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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 68: Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā. Daśaratha arrives with wealth, ṛṣis and the army, Janaka welcomes the alliance and completes preparations while Daśaratha reunites with his sons

In the sequence: At dawn Daśaratha orders the treasurers to travel ahead with wealth and jewels and the fourfold army to prepare → Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, Jābāli, Kāśyapa, Mārkaṇḍeya, and Kātyāyana are to lead the company of brāhmaṇas

1.68.3

caturaṅgabalaṃ cāpi śīghraṃ niryātu sarvaśaḥ
mamājñāsamakālaṃ ca yānayugyam anuttamam

And let the four-membered army set out quickly in full; and at the very moment of my command (let) unsurpassed conveyances and vehicles (be ready).

Words: caturaṅgabalaṃ — the four-membered army; cāpi — and also; śīghraṃ — quickly; niryātu — let it set out; sarvaśaḥ — in full, entirely; mamājñāsamakālaṃ — at the very time of my command; ca — and; yānayugyam — conveyances and draught-vehicles; anuttamam — unsurpassed

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.