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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.12

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

2.49.12

te tīrṇāḥ plavam utsṛjya prasthāya yamunāvanāt
śyāmaṃ nyagrodham āseduḥ śītalaṃ haritacchadam

Having crossed over, they abandoned the raft and, setting out from the Yamunā's woods, reached the dark banyan, cool and green-leaved.

Words: te — they; tīrṇāḥ — having crossed; plavam — the raft; utsṛjya — having abandoned, left behind; prasthāya — having set out; yamunāvanāt — from the Yamunā forest; śyāmaṃ — dark; nyagrodham — banyan tree; āseduḥ — reached; śītalaṃ — cool; haritacchadam — green-leaved

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.