SanskritIASTMeaning
संतीर्य सरयूम् रम्याम्saṃtīrya sarayūm ramyāmhaving crossed the delightful Sarayu,
दृष्ट्वा पूर्वान् च कोसलान्dṛṣṭvā pūrvān ca kosalānand seen the eastern Kosalas,
अतीत्य जग्मुः मिथिलाम्atītya jagmuḥ mithilāmpassing beyond them, they went to Mithila,
मालाम् चर्मण्वतीम् नदीम्mālām carmaṇvatīm nadīm[to the rivers] Mala and Charmanvati;
उत्तीर्य गङ्गाम् शोणम् चuttīrya gaṅgām śoṇam cahaving crossed the Ganga and the Shona,
सर्वे ते प्राङ्-मुखाः त्रयःsarve te prāṅ-mukhāḥ trayaḥall three, facing east,
कुरवोरश्छदम् जग्मुःkuravoraśchadam jagmuḥ[through the land overgrown with grass,] passed on --
मागधम् क्षेत्रम् अच्युताःmāgadham kṣetram acyutāḥto the Magadha field, the unfailing ones;
सरयूंsarayūṃoriginal form "sarayūṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रम्यांramyāṃoriginal form "ramyāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पूर्वांश्pūrvāṃśoriginal form "pūrvāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जग्मुर्jagmuroriginal form "jagmur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मिथिलांmithilāṃoriginal form "mithilāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मालांmālāṃoriginal form "mālāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चर्मण्वतींcarmaṇvatīṃoriginal form "carmaṇvatīṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
गङ्गांgaṅgāṃoriginal form "gaṅgāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शोणंśoṇaṃoriginal form "śoṇaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्राङ्मुखास्prāṅmukhāsoriginal form "prāṅmukhās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुरवोरश्छदंkuravoraśchadaṃoriginal form "kuravoraśchadaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जग्मुर्jagmuroriginal form "jagmur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मागधंmāgadhaṃoriginal form "māgadhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the heroes press on toward their goal, river after river. It is telling that the road to the deliverance of the oppressed is long and hard: no great deed is accomplished without a patient journey. The verse shows steadfastness in a righteous undertaking; next they will behold the tyrant's city.