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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.12

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

2.35.12

taṃ rathaṃ sūryasaṃkāśaṃ sītā hṛṣṭena cetasā
āruroha varārohā kṛtvālaṃkāram ātmanaḥ

That chariot bright as the sun, the fair-hipped Sītā, having adorned herself, mounted with a joyful heart.

Words: taṃ — that; rathaṃ — chariot; sūryasaṃkāśaṃ — like the sun, sun-bright; sītā — Sītā; hṛṣṭena — with joyful; cetasā — with heart, mind; āruroha — mounted, ascended; varārohā — the fair-hipped one (fair lady); kṛtvālaṃkāram — having made adornment; ātmanaḥ — of herself

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.