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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.20

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

2.77.20

niveśayata me sainyam abhiprāyeṇa sarvaśaḥ
viśrāntaḥ pratariṣyāmaḥ śva idānīṃ mahānadīm

'Encamp my whole army as is fitting; having rested, we shall cross the great river tomorrow.

Words: niveśayata — encamp, settle; me — my; sainyam — army; abhiprāyeṇa — according to plan, as is fitting; sarvaśaḥ — wholly, in every way; viśrāntaḥ — rested; pratariṣyāmaḥ — we shall cross over; śva — tomorrow; idānīṃ — now, at present; mahānadīm — the great river

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.