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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 77: Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā. The Queens, army, priests, craftspeople and townspeople accompany him, the company camps before the river crossing

In the sequence: townspeople, merchants, craftspeople, physicians, performers, herdsmen, and many others join the expedition

2.77.11

ye ca tatrāpare sarve saṃmatā ye ca naigamāḥ
rāmaṃ prati yayur hṛṣṭāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayas tadā

And all the other respected persons there, and the merchants — all the subjects — then went joyfully toward Rāma.

Words: ye ca — and (those) who; tatrāpare — the others there; sarve — all; saṃmatā — the respected ones; ye ca — and (those) who; naigamāḥ — the merchants, townsmen; rāmaṃ prati — toward Rāma; yayur — went; hṛṣṭāḥ — joyful; sarvāḥ — all; prakṛtayas — the subjects; tadā — then

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.