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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.91.16
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 91: Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa. He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage
In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa climbs down and stands beside him → meanwhile Bharata distributes his camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage.
2.91.16
adhyardham ikṣvākucamūr yojanaṃ parvatasya sā
pārśve nyaviśad āvṛtya gajavājirathākulā
That army of the Ikṣvākus, teeming with elephants, horses, and chariots, spreading over a yojana and a half, encamped upon the mountain's flank, enveloping it.
Words: adhyardham — one and a half; ikṣvākucamūr — the army of the Ikṣvākus; yojanaṃ — a yojana (a measure of distance); parvatasya — of the mountain; sā — that; pārśve — on the flank, side; nyaviśad — encamped, settled; āvṛtya — having covered, enveloped; gajavājirathākulā — teeming with elephants, horses, and chariots
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.