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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.23

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: Bharata and Śatrughna depart with chariots, servants, and an escort.

2.64.23

rathān maṇḍalacakrāṃś ca yojayitvā paraḥśatam
uṣṭrago'śvakharair bhṛtyā bharataṃ yāntam anvayuḥ

Having harnessed more than a hundred chariots with circular wheels, the servants with camels, oxen, horses, and mules followed Bharata as he went.

Words: rathān — chariots; maṇḍalacakrāṃś — with circular wheels; ca — and; yojayitvā — having harnessed, yoked; paraḥśatam — more than a hundred; uṣṭrago'śvakharair — with camels, oxen, horses and mules; bhṛtyā — the servants; bharataṃ — Bharata; yāntam — going, as he went; anvayuḥ — followed

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.