Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 43: Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers · 2.43.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers. He crosses the Vedaśruti, Gomatī & Syandikā, shows Sītā the ancestral lands and longs to see his parents again

In the sequence: Rāma continues through the remaining night, performs his dawn worship, and travels past outlying villages and forests

2.43.1

rāmo 'pi rātriśeṣeṇa tenaiva mahad antaram
jagāma puruṣavyāghraḥ pitur ājñām anusmaran

Rāma too, the tiger among men, in just that remainder of the night traversed a great distance, mindful of his father's command.

Words: rāmo 'pi — Rāma too; rātriśeṣeṇa — with the remainder of the night; tenaiva — by that very; mahad antaram — a great distance; jagāma — went, traversed; puruṣavyāghraḥ — the tiger among men; pitur — of his father; ājñām — command; anusmaran — remembering, mindful of

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.