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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.5
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
2.77.5
śataṃ sahasrāṇy aśvānāṃ samārūḍhāni rāghavam
anvayur bharataṃ yāntaṃ rājaputraṃ yaśasvinam
A hundred thousand horses, all mounted by their riders, followed Rāghava — the illustrious prince Bharata — as he went.
Words: śataṃ — a hundred; sahasrāṇy — thousand; aśvānāṃ — of horses; samārūḍhāni — mounted, ridden; rāghavam — Rāghava (Bharata); 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.