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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.6

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: after crossing the Yamunā, he rests and refreshes his tired company before continuing through the wilderness

2.65.6

rājaputro mahāraṇyam anabhīkṣṇopasevitam
bhadro bhadreṇa yānena mārutaḥ kham ivātyayāt

The gracious prince passed through the great wilderness, seldom frequented, in his fine vehicle, as the wind traverses the sky.

Words: rājaputro — the prince; mahāraṇyam — the great wilderness; anabhīkṣṇopasevitam — seldom frequented; bhadro — the gracious one; bhadreṇa — with (his) fine; yānena — vehicle; mārutaḥ — the wind; kham — the sky; ivātyayāt — passed through, as if

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.