Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the YamunāText 2.55.17
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 55: Rāma Leaves Bharadvāja’s Āśrama and Crosses the Yamunā
Text 2.55.17
पार्श्वे च तत्र वैदेह्या वसने भूषणानि च।
प्लवे कठिनकाजं च रामश्चक्रे सहायुधैः॥
pārśve ca tatra vaidehyā vasane bhūṣaṇāni ca
plave kaṭhinakājaṁ ca rāmaś cakre sahāyudhaiḥ
pārśve ca tatra = near her; vaidehyāḥ = Vaidehī’s; vasane = clothes; bhūṣaṇāni = ornaments; ca = and; plave = on the raft; kaṭhinaka-ajam ca = a spade, an āja basket; rāmaḥ = Rāma; cakre = placed; saha āyudhaiḥ = and weapons.
Rāma placed Vaidehī’s clothes and ornaments near her and a spade, an āja basket and weapons on the raft.
The spade was needed to dig for roots. An āja basket is a basket covered with the skin of a goat.