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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.4

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: Surveyors, builders, diggers, carpenters, tree-cutters, well-makers, and other workers move ahead

2.74.4

sa tu harṣāt tam uddeśaṃ janaugho vipulaḥ prayān
aśobhata mahāvegaḥ sāgarasyeva parvaṇi

That vast crowd of people, advancing in joy toward that region, shone with great momentum, like the surge of the sea at the full moon.

Words: sa tu — and that; harṣāt — out of joy; tam uddeśaṃ — toward that region; janaugho — the crowd of people; vipulaḥ — vast; prayān — advancing; aśobhata — shone; mahāvegaḥ — of great momentum; sāgarasyeva — like that of the ocean; parvaṇi — at the (moon's) node, full moon

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.