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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.3

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 are to cross the Yamunā on a raft, pass a great dark-green banyan, and continue through the forest toward Citrakūṭa → Bharadvāja then turns back

2.49.3

athāsādya tu kālindīṃ śīghrasrotasamāpagām
tatra yūyaṃ plavaṃ kṛtvā taratāṃśumatīṃ nadīm

'Now, once you have reached the Kālindī, a river of swift current, there make a raft and cross the Aṃśumatī river.'

Words: athāsādya — now having reached; tu — and, now; kālindīṃ — the Kālindī (Yamunā); śīghrasrotasamāpagām — a river of swift current; tatra — there; yūyaṃ — you (pl.); plavaṃ — a raft; kṛtvā — having made; taratāṃśumatīṃ — cross the Aṃśumatī; nadīm — river

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.