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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.20

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 completed route reaches the Gaṅgā.

2.74.20

jāhnavīṃ tu samāsādya vividhadruma kānanām
śītalāmalapānīyāṃ mahāmīnasamākulām

And reaching the Jāhnavī, with its forests of many kinds of trees, its cool clear waters, and teeming with great fish —

Words: jāhnavīṃ — the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā); tu — and; samāsādya — having reached; vividhadruma kānanām — with forests of many kinds of trees; śītalāmalapānīyāṃ — with cool, clear water; mahāmīnasamākulām — teeming with great fish

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.