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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.76.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Bharata’s declaration to the assembly. He rejects the throne offered by Vasiṣṭha, declares Rāma the rightful ruler and orders Sumantra to prepare the expedition

In the sequence: commanders assemble their forces, households prepare for departure, and the chariots and other transport are brought together.

2.76.24

te hayair gorathaiḥ śīghraiḥ syandanaiś ca manojavaiḥ
saha yodhair balādhyakṣā balaṃ sarvam acodayan

The army-commanders, together with the warriors, set the whole army in motion with horses, swift ox-carts, and chariots swift as thought.

Words: te — they; hayair — with horses; gorathaiḥ — with ox-carts; śīghraiḥ — swift; syandanaiś ca — and with chariots; manojavaiḥ — swift as thought; saha yodhair — together with the warriors; balādhyakṣā — the army-commanders; balaṃ sarvam — the whole army; acodayan — set in motion, urged on

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.