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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: he tells Sumantra that they will now continue on foot and that he must return with the chariot → the driver protests at the injustice of Rāma's hardship

2.46.13

iti bruvann ātma samaṃ sumantraḥ sārathis tadā
dṛṣṭvā dura gataṃ rāmaṃ duḥkhārto rurude ciram

Speaking thus, the charioteer Sumantra then, seeing Rāma — dear to him as his own self — gone far off, wept a long while, stricken with grief.

Words: iti — thus; bruvann — speaking; ātma samaṃ — (one) dear as his own self; sumantraḥ — Sumantra; sārathis — charioteer; tadā — then; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; dura gataṃ — gone far off (text: dura for dūra); rāmaṃ — Rāma; duḥkhārto — stricken with grief; rurude — wept, cried; ciram — for a long time

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.