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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.62.3

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: Vasiṣṭha proposes sending fast riders to bring Bharata and Śatrughna back from their maternal relatives

2.62.3

tac chīghraṃ javanā dūtā gacchantu tvaritair hayaiḥ
ānetuṃ bhrātarau vīrau kiṃ samīkṣāmahe vayam

therefore let swift messengers go quickly with speedy horses to bring back the two heroic brothers — why should we tarry?”

Words: tac — therefore, that; chīghraṃ — quickly; javanā — swift; dūtā — messengers; gacchantu — let (them) go; tvaritair — with swift; hayaiḥ — horses; ānetuṃ — to bring; bhrātarau — the two brothers; vīrau — the two heroes; kiṃ — why; samīkṣāmahe — do we deliberate, wait; vayam — we

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.