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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.49.9
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: at the river, the brothers build a raft from logs; Lakṣmaṇa makes a comfortable place for Sītā, and Rāma helps her aboard
2.49.9
tau kāṣṭhasaṃghāṭam atho cakratuḥ sumahāplavam
cakāra lakṣmaṇaś chittvā sītāyāḥ sukhamānasaṃ
The two then fashioned a raft of logs, a very large float; and Lakṣmaṇa, cutting the wood, made it comfortable to Sītā's heart.
Words: tau — the two; kāṣṭhasaṃghāṭam — a raft of logs; atho — and then; cakratuḥ — the two made; sumahāplavam — a very large float; cakāra — made; lakṣmaṇaś — Lakṣmaṇa; chittvā — having cut; sītāyāḥ — for Sītā; sukhamānasaṃ — comfortable to the heart
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.