Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 36: Kaikeyī Forbids the King from Sending Wealth With RāmaText 2.36.5
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 36: Kaikeyī Forbids the King from Sending Wealth With Rāma
Text 2.36.5
आयुधानि च मुख्यानि नागराः शकटानि च।
अनुगच्छन्तु काकुत्स्थं व्याधाश्चारण्यगोचराः॥
āyudhāni ca mukhyāni nāgarāḥ śakaṭāni ca
anugacchantu kākutsthaṁ vyādhāś cāraṇyagocarāḥ
āyudhāni ca = weapon carriers; mukhyāni = the chief; nāgarāḥ = native traders from the city; śakaṭāni ca = carts to transport oil, ghee and so on; anugacchantu = let follow; kākutstham = Kākutstha; vyādhāḥ = hunters; ca = and; araṇyagocarāḥ = from the forest.
Let the chief weapon carriers, native traders from the city, carts to transport oil, ghee and so on, and hunters from the forest follow Kākutstha.1
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: nāgarāḥ nagarajāḥ śreṣṭhinaḥ.
The hunters from the forest were needed to show the paths in the forest.