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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: Sītā mounts the chariot, their weapons and implements are loaded, and the brothers join her → Sumantra starts the horses

2.35.10

ratham āroha bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
kṣipraṃ tvāṃ prāpayiṣyāmi yatra māṃ rāma vakṣyasi

Mount the chariot, blessings on you, O prince of great fame; swiftly I shall carry you wherever you tell me, Rāma.

Words: ratham — chariot; āroha — mount, ascend; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you; rājaputra — O prince; mahāyaśaḥ — O greatly famed; kṣipraṃ — swiftly, quickly; tvāṃ — you; prāpayiṣyāmi — I shall convey, cause to reach; yatra — where; māṃ — me; rāma — O Rāma; vakṣyasi — you will tell

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.