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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced. Daśaratha orders preparations and counsels Rāma on self-restraint, ministers and the welfare of his subjects

In the sequence: Sumantra fetches Rāma by chariot

2.3.11

gandharvarājapratimaṃ loke vikhyātapauruṣam
dīrghabāhuṃ mahāsattvaṃ mattamātaṅgagāminam

(He saw him) like the king of the gandharvas, of manhood renowned in the world, long-armed, of great strength, moving with the gait of a rutting elephant,

Words: gandharvarājapratimaṃ — like the king of the gandharvas; loke — in the world; vikhyātapauruṣam — of renowned manhood; dīrghabāhuṃ — long-armed; mahāsattvaṃ — of great strength/spirit; mattamātaṅgagāminam — moving like a rutting elephant

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.