Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet DaśarathaText 2.16.34
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Rāma Passes Through the Grand Road to Meet Daśaratha
Text 2.16.34
ततो हयवरा मुख्या नागाश्च गिरिसन्निभाः।
अनुजग्मुस्तदा रामं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥
tato haya-varā mukhyā nāgāś ca giri-sannibhāḥ
anujagmus tadā rāmaṁ śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ
tataḥ = then; haya-varāḥ mukhyāḥ = men on very excellent horses; nāgāḥ = elephants; ca = and; giri-sannibhāḥ = mountainlike; anujagmuḥ tadā = followed; rāmam = Rāma; śataśaḥ = by the hundreds; atha = and; sahasraśaḥ = thousands.
Then, men on very excellent horses and mountainlike elephants followed Rāma by the hundreds and thousands.