← 2.50.3 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites · 2.50.5 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites. Lakṣmaṇa builds and roasts a black antelope, Rāma bathes and makes a protective offering before they enter

In the sequence: At dawn Rāma wakes Lakṣmaṇa, and the three resume the route Bharadvāja described

2.50.4

tata utthāya te sarve spṛṣṭvā nadyāḥ śivaṃ jalam
panthānam ṛṣiṇoddiṣṭaṃ citrakūṭasya taṃ yayuḥ

Then they all rose, touched the auspicious water of the river, and took that path to Citrakūṭa which the sage had pointed out.

Words: tata — then; utthāya — having risen; te — they; sarve — all; spṛṣṭvā — having touched; nadyāḥ — of the river; śivaṃ — auspicious; jalam — water; panthānam — the path; ṛṣiṇoddiṣṭaṃ — pointed out by the sage; citrakūṭasya — to Citrakūṭa; taṃ — that; yayuḥ — went

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.