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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.14

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: the Queens approach to take leave

2.86.14

prayāṇam iti ca śrutvā rājarājasya yoṣitaḥ
hitvā yānāni yānārhā brāhmaṇaṃ paryavārayan

And hearing “the march!”, the women of the king of kings, though worthy of vehicles, left their conveyances and gathered round the brahmin.

Words: prayāṇam — departure, march; iti ca — and thus; śrutvā — having heard; rājarājasya — of the king of kings; yoṣitaḥ — the women; hitvā — having left; yānāni — the vehicles; yānārhā — though worthy of vehicles; brāhmaṇaṃ — the brahmin; paryavārayan — surrounded, gathered round

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.