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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.22

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: the ministers arrange the camps, and Bharata spends the night thinking about Rāma's return.

2.77.22

tasyaivaṃ bruvato 'mātyās tathety uktvā samāhitāḥ
nyaveśayaṃs tāṃś chandena svena svena pṛthakpṛthak

As he spoke thus, the attentive ministers, saying 'So be it,' encamped the troops each apart, according to their own dispositions.

Words: tasyaivaṃ — of him thus; bruvato — as he spoke; 'mātyās — the ministers; tathety — 'so be it,'; uktvā — having said; samāhitāḥ — attentive; nyaveśayaṃs — encamped, settled; tāṃś — them (the troops); chandena — according to (their) pleasure; svena svena — each his own; pṛthakpṛthak — each apart, separately

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.