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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.32.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 32: Kaikeyī opposes Rāma’s escort. Daśaratha offers troops and supplies, Kaikeyī cites Asamañja’s exile, Siddhārtha distinguishes Rāma’s innocence

In the sequence: Daśaratha orders Sumantra to prepare an army, attendants, merchants, companions, and abundant supplies to accompany Rāma

2.32.3

rūpājīvā ca śālinyo vaṇijaś ca mahādhanāḥ
śobhayantu kumārasya vāhinīṃ suprasāritāḥ

Let courtesans who live by their beauty, and richly adorned women, and merchants of great wealth, well arrayed, grace the prince's marching train.

Words: rūpājīvā — courtesans (living by their beauty); ca — and; śālinyo — graceful, richly adorned women; vaṇijaś — merchants; ca — and; mahādhanāḥ — of great wealth; śobhayantu — let them adorn, grace; kumārasya — of the prince; vāhinīṃ — the marching train, host; suprasāritāḥ — well arrayed, spread out

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.