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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.9

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

2.46.9

nātikrāntam idaṃ loke puruṣeṇeha kena cit
tava sabhrātṛbhāryasya vāsaḥ prākṛtavad vane

'Never in the world has this been undergone by any man — such a dwelling in the forest, like a common man's, as yours, with your brother and your wife.'

Words: nātikrāntam — not undergone, unheard-of; idaṃ — this; loke — in the world; puruṣeṇeha — by a man here; kena cit — any; tava — your; sabhrātṛbhāryasya — of you with brother and wife; vāsaḥ — dwelling; prākṛtavad — like a common person; vane — in the forest

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.