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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.33.6

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: mounting the jewel-decorated, wish-moving chariot drawn by goblin-faced mules, he flies toward the ocean

3.33.6

kāñcanaṃ ratham āsthāya kāmagaṃ ratnabhūṣitam
piśācavadanair yuktaṃ kharaiḥ kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ

Mounting that golden chariot that goes at will, adorned with gems, yoked with goblin-faced mules decked in gold,

Words: kāñcanaṃ — golden; ratham — the chariot; āsthāya — having mounted; kāmagaṃ — going at will; ratnabhūṣitam — adorned with gems; piśācavadanair — with goblin-faced (mules); yuktaṃ — yoked; kharaiḥ — with mules; kanakabhūṣaṇaiḥ — adorned with gold

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.