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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.12

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

2.77.12

maṇi kārāś ca ye ke cit kumbhakārāś ca śobhanāḥ
sūtrakarmakṛtaś caiva ye ca śastropajīvinaḥ

Whatever jewelers there were, and the skilled potters, and the workers in thread, and those who live by weapons —

Words: maṇi kārāś ca — and the jewelers; ye ke cit — whosoever; kumbhakārāś ca — and the potters; śobhanāḥ — skilled, fine; sūtrakarmakṛtaś caiva — and the workers in thread; ye ca — and (those) who; śastropajīvinaḥ — live by weapons

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.