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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.7

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: Kausalyā, Sumitrā, and Kaikeyī travel with them, hoping to bring Rāma back

2.77.7

prayātāś cāryasaṃghātā rāmaṃ draṣṭuṃ salakṣmaṇam
tasyaiva ca kathāś citrāḥ kurvāṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ

And throngs of noble people set out to see Rāma together with Lakṣmaṇa, telling wondrous tales about him, their minds delighted:

Words: prayātāś — set out; cāryasaṃghātā — and the throngs of noble ones; rāmaṃ — Rāma; draṣṭuṃ — to see; salakṣmaṇam — together with Lakṣmaṇa; tasyaiva — about him; ca — and; kathāś — tales; citrāḥ — wondrous, varied; kurvāṇā — making, telling; hṛṣṭamānasāḥ — their minds delighted

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.