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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.6

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: he sets out with the ṛṣis and army → after four days they reach the Videhas, and Janaka comes to welcome them

1.68.6

vacanāc ca narendrasya sā senā caturaṅgiṇī
rājānam ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ vrajantaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvagāt

And at the king's word, that four-membered army followed behind the king as he journeyed with the sages.

Words: vacanāc ca — and at the word; narendrasya — of the king; sā — that; senā — army; caturaṅgiṇī — four-membered; rājānam — the king; ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ — together with the sages; vrajantaṃ — going, journeying; pṛṣṭhato — behind; 'nvagāt — followed

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.