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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.10

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: heading toward the country associated with Agastya, the travelers cross the Vedaśruti, then the Gomatī and Syandikā rivers

2.43.10

gomatīṃ cāpy atikramya rāghavaḥ śīghragair hayaiḥ
mayūrahaṃsābhirutāṃ tatāra syandikāṃ nadīm

And crossing the Gomatī too, Rāghava, with his swift-going horses, forded the river Syandikā, loud with the cries of peacocks and geese.

Words: gomatīṃ — the Gomatī; cāpy — and also; atikramya — having crossed, gone beyond; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; śīghragair — with swift-going; hayaiḥ — horses; mayūrahaṃsābhirutāṃ — resounding with peacocks and geese; tatāra — crossed, forded; syandikāṃ — the Syandikā; nadīm — river

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.