Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 82: Bharata Rejects Vasiṣṭha’s Request
Text 2.82.26
ते हयैर्गोरथैः शीघ्रैः स्यन्दनैश्च महाजवैः।
सह योधैर्बलाध्यक्षा बलं सर्वमचोदयन्॥
te hayair go-rathaiḥ śīghraiḥ syandanaiś ca mahā-javaiḥ
saha yodhair balādhyakṣā balaṁ sarvam acodayan
te = the; hayaiḥ = horses; go-rathaiḥ = bullock carts; śīghraiḥ = swift; syandanaiḥ = chariots; ca = and; mahā-javaiḥ = high-speed; saha = with; yodhaiḥ = warriors [to march]; bala-adhyakṣāḥ = military commanders; balam sarvam = the entire army; acodayan = ordered.
The military commanders ordered the entire army with horses, swift bullock carts, high-speed chariots and warriors [to march].
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhāva-dīpa: yoṣidbhiḥ saha vartanta iti tathā te ca te balādhyakṣāś ca.
GLOSS. [The glossator reads saha yoṣid-balādhyakṣāḥ instead of saha yodhair balādhyakṣāḥ indicating that] the military commanders were accompanied by their wives.1