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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.11
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 74: Construction of Bharata’s route. Workers clear and level the ground, plant trees, dig wells and build supplied, defended camps along the road to the Gaṅgā
In the sequence: they provide waterworks and wells, then decorate and water the road
2.74.11
acireṇaiva kālena parivāhān bahūdakān
cakrur bahuvidhākārān sāgarapratimān bahūn
udapānān bahuvidhān vedikā parimaṇḍitān
In no long time they made many overflowing channels full of water, of manifold form and resembling seas, and many kinds of wells adorned with railed platforms.
Words: acireṇaiva — in no long (time); kālena — by time; parivāhān — overflow-channels, reservoirs; bahūdakān — having much water; cakrur — made; bahuvidhākārān — of manifold form; sāgarapratimān — resembling seas; bahūn — many; udapānān — wells; bahuvidhān — of many kinds; vedikā parimaṇḍitān — adorned with railed platforms
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.