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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.14.19

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Rāma answers the summons. Expecting his abhiṣeka and assuming Kaikeyī’s support, Rāma takes leave of Sītā and rides out with Lakṣmaṇa

In the sequence: she follows him to the door with blessings → he greets the people waiting outside and mounts his chariot

2.14.19

muṣṇantam iva cakṣūṃṣi prabhayā hemavarcasaṃ
kareṇuśiśukalpaiś ca yuktaṃ paramavājibhiḥ

(the chariot,) golden-hued, as if stealing the eyes with its radiance, yoked with the finest horses resembling young elephants,

Words: muṣṇantam — stealing; iva — as if; cakṣūṃṣi — the eyes; prabhayā — with (its) radiance; hemavarcasaṃ — golden-hued; kareṇuśiśukalpaiś — resembling young she-elephants; ca — and; yuktaṃ — yoked; paramavājibhiḥ — with the finest steeds

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.