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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.11

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: they cross and leave the raft behind → at the banyan, Sītā prays to see Kausalyā and Sumitrā again and walks around the tree

2.49.11

tataḥ plavenāṃśumatīṃ śīghragām ūrmimālinīm
tīrajair bahubhir vṛkṣaiḥ saṃterur yamunāṃ nadīm

Then by the raft they crossed the Aṃśumatī, swift-flowing and wreathed with waves, fringed by the many trees growing along its banks—the river Yamunā.

Words: tataḥ — then; plavenāṃśumatīṃ — the Aṃśumatī by the raft; śīghragām — swift-flowing; ūrmimālinīm — wreathed with waves; tīrajair — by (trees) born on the bank; bahubhir — many; vṛkṣaiḥ — trees; saṃterur — they crossed over; yamunāṃ — the Yamunā; nadīm — river

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.