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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.17

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

2.77.17

suveṣāḥ śuddhavasanās tāmramṛṣṭānulepanāḥ
sarve te vividhair yānaiḥ śanair bharatam anvayuḥ

Well-attired, in clean garments, anointed with burnished reddish unguents, all of them followed Bharata slowly in various vehicles.

Words: suveṣāḥ — well-dressed; śuddhavasanās — in clean garments; tāmramṛṣṭānulepanāḥ — anointed with burnished reddish unguents; sarve te — all of them; vividhair — various; yānaiḥ — in vehicles; śanair — slowly; bharatam — Bharata; anvayuḥ — followed

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.