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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.63

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: Lakṣmaṇa helps Sītā into the boat and boards after her; Rāma boards too and takes leave of Guha and Sumantra → Guha's men row them across

2.46.63

sa bhrātuḥ śāsanaṃ śrutvā sarvam apratikūlayan
āropya maithilīṃ pūrvam ārurohātmavāṃs tataḥ

Hearing his brother's command and in nothing opposing it, the self-possessed one first helped the Maithilī aboard and then mounted himself.

Words: sa — he; bhrātuḥ — of the brother; śāsanaṃ — command; śrutvā — having heard; sarvam — in everything, wholly; apratikūlayan — not opposing, complying; āropya — having helped aboard; maithilīṃ — the Maithilī (Sītā); pūrvam — first; ārurohātmavāṃs — the self-possessed one mounted; tataḥ — then

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.