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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.4

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: Bharata leaves at dawn with ministers, priests, and a large military escort, described as nine thousand elephants, sixty thousand chariots, and a hundred thousand horsemen

2.77.4

ṣaṣṭhī rathasahasrāṇi dhanvino vividhāyudhāḥ
anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam

Sixty thousand chariots, with archers bearing weapons of various kinds, followed the illustrious prince Bharata as he went.

Words: ṣaṣṭhī — sixty; rathasahasrāṇi — thousands of chariots; dhanvino — archers; vividhāyudhāḥ — with weapons of various kinds; anvayur — followed; bharataṃ — Bharata; yāntaṃ — as he went; rājaputraṃ — the prince; yaśasvinam — the illustrious

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.