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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.32

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: Bharata orders the army to prepare, and the expedition heads south, with the Queens eager to see Rāma.

2.86.32

vividhāny api yānāni mahāni ca laghūni ca
prayayuḥ sumahārhāṇi pādair eva padātayaḥ

Various vehicles too, both great and small, most costly, went forward; and the foot-soldiers went on foot.

Words: vividhāny api — various too; yānāni — vehicles; mahāni ca — both great; laghūni ca — and small; prayayuḥ — went forth; sumahārhāṇi — most costly; pādair eva — on foot indeed; padātayaḥ — the foot-soldiers

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.