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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.23
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.
2.77.23
niveśya gaṅgām anu tāṃ mahānadīṃ camūṃ vidhānaiḥ paribarha śobhinīm
uvāsa rāmasya tadā mahātmano vicintayāno bharato nivartanam
Having encamped along that great river Gaṅgā the army — drawn up in due order and resplendent with its trappings — Bharata then dwelt there, pondering the return of the great-souled Rāma.
Words: niveśya — having encamped; gaṅgām anu — along the Gaṅgā; tāṃ mahānadīṃ — that great river; camūṃ — the army; vidhānaiḥ — with orderly arrangements; paribarha śobhinīm — resplendent with its trappings; uvāsa — dwelt, stayed; rāmasya — of Rāma; tadā — then; mahātmano — of the great-souled one; vicintayāno — pondering; bharato — Bharata; nivartanam — the return, bringing-back
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.