Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 65: Bharata reaches Ayodhyā · 2.65.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Bharata reaches Ayodhyā. He hastens ahead of his company, finds the city silent and neglected and enters his father’s residence in alarm

In the sequence: Bharata travels east from Rājagṛha, crossing rivers and passing mountains and forests

2.65.1

sa prāṅmukho rājagṛhād abhiniryāya vīryavān
hrādinīṃ dūrapārāṃ ca pratyaksrotas taraṅgiṇīm
śatadrūm atarac chrīmān nadīm ikṣvākunandanaḥ

Setting out eastward from Rājagṛha, the valorous and illustrious delight of the Ikṣvākus crossed the river Śatadru — roaring, hard to cross to its far shore, its waves running westward.

Words: sa — he; prāṅmukho — facing east; rājagṛhād — from Rājagṛha; abhiniryāya — having set out; vīryavān — valorous; hrādinīṃ — roaring, resounding; dūrapārāṃ — hard to cross to its far shore; ca — and; pratyaksrotas — its current flowing westward; taraṅgiṇīm — the river, wavy one; śatadrūm — the Śatadru (Sutlej); atarac — crossed; chrīmān — illustrious; nadīm — river; ikṣvākunandanaḥ — the delight of the Ikṣvākus

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.