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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.10

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: at Ujjihānā, he leaves the larger force behind and presses ahead with faster horses, crossing more rivers including the Gomatī

2.65.10

vāsaṃ kṛtvā sarvatīrthe tīrtvā cottānakāṃ nadīm
anyā nadīś ca vividhāḥ pārvatīyais turaṃgamaiḥ

Halting at Sarvatīrtha, and crossing the river Uttānakā and various other rivers on mountain-bred horses,

Words: vāsaṃ — halt, dwelling; kṛtvā — having made; sarvatīrthe — at Sarvatīrtha (a place); tīrtvā — having crossed; cottānakāṃ — and the Uttānakā; nadīm — river; anyā — other; nadīś — rivers; ca — and; vividhāḥ — various, manifold; pārvatīyais — mountain-bred; turaṃgamaiḥ — with horses

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.