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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.3

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

2.65.3

satyasaṃdhaḥ śuciḥ śrīmān prekṣamāṇaḥ śilāvahām
atyayāt sa mahāśailān vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ prati

True to his word, pure and illustrious, gazing upon the Śilāvahā, he passed over the great mountains toward the Caitraratha forest.

Words: satyasaṃdhaḥ — true to his word; śuciḥ — pure; śrīmān — illustrious; prekṣamāṇaḥ — gazing, beholding; śilāvahām — the Śilāvahā (river); atyayāt — passed over, crossed; sa — he; mahāśailān — the great mountains; vanaṃ — forest; caitrarathaṃ — Caitraratha (Kubera's grove); prati — toward

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.