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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.15

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: suitable stopping places are prepared in well-supplied areas

2.74.15

yo niveśas tv abhipreto bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
bhūyas taṃ śobhayām āsur bhūṣābhir bhūṣaṇopamam

whatever encampment was desired by the great-souled Bharata, that they made all the more beautiful with adornments, so it was like an ornament itself.

Words: yo — which; niveśas tv — encampment; abhipreto — was desired, intended; bharatasya — by Bharata; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; bhūyas — all the more; taṃ — that; śobhayām āsur — they beautified; bhūṣābhir — with adornments; bhūṣaṇopamam — resembling an ornament

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.