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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.9

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

2.65.9

sālāṃs tu priyakān prāpya śīghrān āsthāya vājinaḥ
anujñāpyātha bharato vāhinīṃ tvarito yayau

Reaching the sāla and priyaka trees, Bharata mounted swift horses and, after dismissing his army, hurried on.

Words: sālāṃs — the sāla trees; tu — and; priyakān — the priyaka trees; prāpya — having reached; śīghrān — swift; āsthāya — having mounted; vājinaḥ — horses; anujñāpyātha — then having given leave, dismissed; bharato — Bharata; vāhinīṃ — the army, host; tvarito — hastening; yayau — went

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.