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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.15

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

2.35.15

prayāte tu mahāraṇyaṃ cirarātrāya rāghave
babhūva nagare mūrcchā balamūrcchā janasya ca

When Rāghava had set out for the great forest for a long time, there arose in the city a faintness, a swooning of the people's strength.

Words: prayāte — when he had set out; tu — but, and; mahāraṇyaṃ — to the great forest; cirarātrāya — for a long time (of nights); rāghave — Rāghava (loc. abs.); babhūva — there arose, became; nagare — in the city; mūrcchā — faintness, swoon; balamūrcchā — a swooning of strength; janasya — of the people; ca — and

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.