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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.19

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 77: Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā. The Queens, army, priests, craftspeople and townspeople accompany him, the company camps before the river crossing

In the sequence: on reaching the Gaṅgā, Bharata orders them to camp and rest before crossing the next day → he also wishes to offer water there for his father

2.77.19

nirīkṣyānugatāṃ senāṃ tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ śivodakām
bharataḥ sacivān sarvān abravīd vākyakovidaḥ

Beholding the army that followed and the Gaṅgā with her auspicious waters, Bharata, skilled in speech, said to all his counsellors:

Words: nirīkṣyānugatāṃ — having beheld ... which followed; senāṃ — the army; tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ — and that Gaṅgā; śivodakām — of auspicious waters; bharataḥ — Bharata; sacivān sarvān — all the counsellors; abravīd — said; vākyakovidaḥ — skilled in speech

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.