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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Rāvaṇa’s flight and Garuḍa’s story. He passes the banyan of Garuḍa’s broken branch and amṛta quest, then reaches Mārīca’s hermitage

In the sequence: he goes secretly to the chariot hall and orders his vehicle prepared

3.33.4

yānaśālāṃ tato gatvā pracchannaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ
sūtaṃ saṃcodayām āsa rathaḥ saṃyujyatām iti

Then, going secretly to the chariot-hall, the lord of rākṣasas urged his charioteer: 'Let the chariot be yoked.'

Words: yānaśālāṃ — to the chariot-hall; tato — then; gatvā — having gone; pracchannaṃ — secretly, in concealment; rākṣasādhipaḥ — the lord of rākṣasas; sūtaṃ — the charioteer; saṃcodayām āsa — urged, commanded; rathaḥ — the chariot; saṃyujyatām — let it be yoked; iti — thus

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.