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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.28

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: a divine forest and river arrive from the Uttarakurus

2.85.28

uttarebhyaḥ kurubhyaś ca vanaṃ divyopabhogavat
ājagāma nadī divyā tīrajair bahubhir vṛtā

And from the Uttarakurus came a forest full of divine enjoyments, and a divine river surrounded by many trees growing on its banks.

Words: uttarebhyaḥ — from the northern; kurubhyaś ca — and from the Kurus; vanaṃ — forest; divyopabhogavat — full of divine enjoyments; ājagāma — came; nadī — river; divyā — divine; tīrajair — with trees growing on the bank; bahubhir — many; vṛtā — surrounded

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.