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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.12

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: passing further rivers, settlements, and landmarks, they press on to Girivraja → they reach the city at night with their horses exhausted.

2.62.12

nikūlavṛkṣam āsādya divyaṃ satyopayācanam
abhigamyābhivādyaṃ taṃ kuliṅgāṃ prāviśan purīm

Reaching the divine bank-tree that grants true wishes, and having approached and saluted it, they entered the city of Kuliṅgā.

Words: nikūlavṛkṣam — the tree on the bank; āsādya — having reached; divyaṃ — divine; satyopayācanam — granter of true wishes; abhigamyābhivādyaṃ — having approached (it), worthy of salutation; taṃ — that; kuliṅgāṃ — Kuliṅgā; prāviśan — they entered; purīm — the city

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.