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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.13

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

2.35.13

tathaivāyudhajātāni bhrātṛbhyāṃ kavacāni ca
rathopasthe pratinyasya sacarmakaṭhinaṃ ca tat

Likewise the various weapons and armour belonging to the two brothers, together with the leather (basket) and its hard implements, they set upon the chariot-seat.

Words: tathaivāyudhajātāni — likewise the kinds of weapons; bhrātṛbhyāṃ — of/for the two brothers; kavacāni — armours, coats of mail; ca — and; rathopasthe — on the chariot-seat; pratinyasya — having placed, laid down; sacarmakaṭhinaṃ — together with the leather and hard gear; ca — and; tat — that

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.