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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.11

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

2.62.11

te prasannodakāṃ divyāṃ nānāvihagasevitām
upātijagmur vegena śaradaṇḍāṃ janākulām

With speed they crossed the lovely Śaradaṇḍā of clear water, frequented by many birds and thronged with people.

Words: te — they; prasannodakāṃ — of clear water; divyāṃ — divine, lovely; nānāvihagasevitām — frequented by various birds; upātijagmur — passed over, crossed; vegena — with speed; śaradaṇḍāṃ — the Śaradaṇḍā (river); janākulām — crowded with people

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.