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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.19

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: the camps include roads, defenses, and accommodation for the traveling company

2.74.19

visarpatbhir ivākāśe viṭaṅkāgravimānakaiḥ
samucchritair niveśās te babhuḥ śakrapuropamāḥ

With their lofty turret-topped mansions seeming to glide through the sky, those encampments looked like the city of Śakra.

Words: visarpatbhir — gliding, moving along; ivākāśe — as if in the sky; viṭaṅkāgravimānakaiḥ — with turret-topped mansions; samucchritair — lofty, raised high; niveśās — the encampments; te — those; babhuḥ — shone, appeared; śakrapuropamāḥ — resembling the city of Śakra (Indra)

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.