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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Summoning Bharata. Five messengers ride to Kekaya with gifts and an urgent summons, forbidden to reveal Daśaratha’s death or Rāma’s exile

In the sequence: they cross the Gaṅgā at Hastināpura and travel west through Pāñcāla and Kurujāṅgala

2.62.10

te hastina pure gaṅgāṃ tīrtvā pratyaṅmukhā yayuḥ
pāñcāladeśam āsādya madhyena kurujāṅgalam

Crossing the Ganges at Hastināpura, they went facing westward, and reaching the Pāñcāla country passed through the midst of Kurujāṅgala.

Words: te — they; hastina pure — at Hastināpura; gaṅgāṃ — the Ganges; tīrtvā — having crossed; pratyaṅmukhā — facing westward; yayuḥ — went; pāñcāladeśam — the Pāñcāla country; āsādya — having reached; madhyena — through the midst of; kurujāṅgalam — Kurujāṅgala

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.