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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.28

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa. Rāma seeks seclusion beyond the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence, Bharadvāja recommends the food-rich mountain

In the sequence: Bharadvāja recommends Citrakūṭa, ten krośas away, with abundant food, animals, and places frequented by maharṣis → they spend the night as his guests, and at dawn he sends them toward the mountain.

2.48.28

ṛṣayas tatra bahavo vihṛtya śaradāṃ śatam
tapasā divam ārūḍhāḥ kapālaśirasā saha

“Many seers there, having sported for a hundred autumns, mounted to heaven through their austerity, together with Kapālaśiras.”

Words: ṛṣayas — seers; tatra — there; bahavo — many; vihṛtya — having sported, disported themselves; śaradāṃ — of autumns (years); śatam — a hundred; tapasā — by austerity; divam — to heaven; ārūḍhāḥ — mounted, ascended; kapālaśirasā — with Kapālaśiras; saha — together with

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.