Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 49: The raft across the Yamunā · 2.49.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 49: The raft across the Yamunā. The brothers build a raft for Sītā, she crosses and prays at the banyan to see Kausalyā & Sumitrā again

In the sequence: Bharadvāja walks part of the way with them and gives directions

2.49.1

uṣitvā rajanīṃ tatra rājaputrāv ariṃdamau
maharṣim abhivādyātha jagmatus taṃ giriṃ prati

Having spent the night there, the two princes, tamers of foes, then saluted the great sage and set out toward that mountain.

Words: uṣitvā — having spent, dwelt; rajanīṃ — the night; tatra — there; rājaputrāv — the two princes; ariṃdamau — tamers of foes; maharṣim — the great sage; abhivādyātha — having saluted, then; jagmatus — the two went; taṃ — that; giriṃ — mountain; prati — toward

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.