← 2.49.14 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 49: The raft across the Yamunā
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.15
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: farther along the route, the brothers kill a number of deer fit for sacrifice, and the party camps on a level riverbank.
2.49.15
vihṛtya te barhiṇapūganādite śubhe vane vāraṇavānarāyute
samaṃ nadīvapram upetya saṃmataṃ nivāsam ājagmur adīnadarśanaḥ
Having roamed in that lovely wood, resounding with flocks of peacocks and alive with elephants and monkeys, they of undaunted mien came to a level river-bank and reached an agreeable dwelling-place.
Words: vihṛtya — having roamed, sported; te — they; barhiṇapūganādite — resounding with flocks of peacocks; śubhe — lovely; vane — in the forest; vāraṇavānarāyute — filled with elephants and monkeys; samaṃ — level, even; nadīvapram — the river-bank; upetya — having approached; saṃmataṃ — agreeable, approved; nivāsam — dwelling-place; ājagmur — they came to; adīnadarśanaḥ — of undaunted appearance
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.