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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.16

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

2.35.16

tat samākulasaṃbhrāntaṃ mattasaṃkupita dvipam
hayaśiñjitanirghoṣaṃ puram āsīn mahāsvanam

That city, thrown into confusion and turmoil, with its rutting and enraged elephants and the jangling din of its horses, became one great uproar.

Words: tat — that; samākulasaṃbhrāntaṃ — confused and agitated; mattasaṃkupita dvipam — with rutting and enraged elephants; hayaśiñjitanirghoṣaṃ — with the din of jangling horses; puram — the city; āsīn — became, was; mahāsvanam — of great sound, loud

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.