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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.14

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.

2.62.14

te śrāntavāhanā dūtā vikṛṣṭena satā pathā
giri vrajaṃ pura varaṃ śīghram āsedur añjasā

Their mounts wearied, the messengers, by a long and extended road, quickly and straightway reached Girivraja, the finest of cities.

Words: te — they; śrāntavāhanā — with wearied mounts; dūtā — the messengers; vikṛṣṭena — by the drawn-out, long; satā — being (such); pathā — by the road; giri vrajaṃ — Girivraja; pura varaṃ — the finest of cities; śīghram — quickly; āsedur — reached; añjasā — directly, straightway

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.