← 2.40.29 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 40: The citizens follow to the Tamasā

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.30

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 40: The citizens follow to the Tamasā. Rāma asks them to support Bharata, then leaves his chariot to walk beside the elderly brāhmaṇas

In the sequence: they say their sacrifices depend on his return and plead with him as the party reaches the Tamasā River.

2.40.30

evaṃ vikrośatāṃ teṣāṃ dvijātīnāṃ nivartane
dadṛśe tamasā tatra vārayantīva rāghavam

As those brahmins were thus crying out for his return, there appeared the Tamasā river, as though holding Rāghava back.

Words: evaṃ — thus; vikrośatāṃ — crying out (of them); teṣāṃ — of them; dvijātīnāṃ — of the brahmins; nivartane — for (his) turning back; dadṛśe — was seen, appeared; tamasā — the Tamasā (river); tatra — there; vārayantīva — as if holding back, obstructing; rāghavam — Rāghava

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.