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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.74.5

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 clear vegetation, stumps, and stones, and plant trees in treeless stretches

2.74.5

te svavāraṃ samāsthāya vartmakarmāṇi kovidāḥ
karaṇair vividhopetaiḥ purastāt saṃpratasthire

Taking up each his own station, those skilled in road-work set out in front, equipped with various implements.

Words: te — they; svavāraṃ — his own turn/station; samāsthāya — having taken up; vartmakarmāṇi — in road-works; kovidāḥ — skilled; karaṇair — with instruments; vividhopetaiḥ — provided with various (ones); purastāt — in front; saṃpratasthire — set out

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.