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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.15

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.

2.62.15

bhartuḥ priyārthaṃ kularakṣaṇārthaṃ bhartuś ca vaṃśasya parigrahārtham
aheḍamānās tvarayā sma dūtā rātryāṃ tu te tat puram eva yātāḥ

For their master's pleasure, for the protection of the royal house, and for the upholding of their master's lineage, the tireless messengers in their haste reached that very city by night.

Words: bhartuḥ — for their master; priyārthaṃ — for the pleasure of; kularakṣaṇārthaṃ — for the protection of the family; bhartuś ca — and of their master; vaṃśasya — of the lineage; parigrahārtham — for the upholding of; aheḍamānās — untiring, without slackening; tvarayā — with haste; sma — (emphatic particle); dūtā — the messengers; rātryāṃ — by night; tu — and; te — they; tat — that; puram — city; eva — indeed, very; yātāḥ — reached, went to

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.