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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.34.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Farewell to the Queens. Daśaratha orders the chariot and supplies for Sītā, Kausalyā counsels her and Rāma takes leave of his father’s wives

In the sequence: recovering, he orders Sumantra to prepare a royal chariot and carry the travelers beyond the Kingdom

2.34.10

aupavāhyaṃ rathaṃ yuktvā tvam āyāhi hayottamaiḥ
prāpayainaṃ mahābhāgam ito janapadāt param

“Yoke the royal chariot with the finest horses and come; convey this greatly fortunate one beyond this realm.

Words: aupavāhyaṃ — the royal (riding-)chariot; rathaṃ — the chariot; yuktvā — having yoked; tvam — you; āyāhi — come; hayottamaiḥ — with the best of horses; prāpayainaṃ — convey him; mahābhāgam — the greatly fortunate one; ito — from here; janapadāt — from the realm, country; param — beyond

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.