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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 86: Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa. The Mandākinī and leaf hut identify Rāma’s home, Bharata introduces the Queens and is urged not to blame Kaikeyī

In the sequence: Bharadvāja directs him toward Citrakūṭa, two and a half yojanas away, and identifies the Mandākinī and the nearby leaf hut as landmarks

2.86.11

uttaraṃ pārśvam āsādya tasya mandākinī nadī
puṣpitadrumasaṃchannā ramyapuṣpitakānanā

Reaching its northern side, one comes to the river Mandākinī, covered with flowering trees, with lovely blossoming woods.

Words: uttaraṃ — northern; pārśvam — side; āsādya — having reached; tasya — its; mandākinī — Mandākinī; nadī — river; puṣpitadrumasaṃchannā — covered with flowering trees; ramyapuṣpitakānanā — with lovely blossoming woods

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.