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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.12

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

2.74.12

sasudhākuṭṭimatalaḥ prapuṣpitamahīruhaḥ
mattodghuṣṭadvijagaṇaḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtaḥ

With its ground paved smooth with plaster, its trees in full bloom, its flocks of birds crying out in rapture, and decked with banners,

Words: sasudhākuṭṭimatalaḥ — with its floor paved smooth with plaster; prapuṣpitamahīruhaḥ — with trees in full bloom; mattodghuṣṭadvijagaṇaḥ — with flocks of birds crying in rapture; patākābhir — with banners; alaṃkṛtaḥ — adorned

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.