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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.16

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: brāhmaṇas follow in carts, and the company proceeds toward the river

2.77.16

samāhitā vedavido brāhmaṇā vṛttasaṃmatāḥ
gorathair bharataṃ yāntam anujagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ

Composed brahmins, knowers of the Veda, esteemed for their conduct, followed Bharata by the thousands in ox-carts as he went.

Words: samāhitā — composed, attentive; vedavido — knowers of the Veda; brāhmaṇā — brahmins; vṛttasaṃmatāḥ — esteemed for their conduct; gorathair — in ox-carts; bharataṃ — Bharata; yāntam — as he went; anujagmuḥ — followed; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands

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.