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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.14

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

2.35.14

sītātṛtīyān ārūḍhān dṛṣṭvā dhṛṣṭam acodayat
sumantraḥ saṃmatān aśvān vāyuvegasamāñ jave

Seeing them mounted, with Sītā as third, Sumantra boldly urged on the approved horses, equal to the wind's speed in swiftness.

Words: sītātṛtīyān — having Sītā as the third; ārūḍhān — mounted (ones); dṛṣṭvā — having seen; dhṛṣṭam — boldly, resolutely; acodayat — urged on, drove; sumantraḥ — Sumantra; saṃmatān — approved, esteemed; aśvān — horses; vāyuvegasamāñ — equal to the wind's speed; jave — in swiftness

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.