Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 83: Guha ferries Bharata’s company · 2.83.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 83: Guha ferries Bharata’s company. Five hundred boats carry people, vehicles and provisions across the Gaṅgā, the army halts as Bharata approaches Bharadvāja

In the sequence: At dawn Bharata asks Śatrughna to summon Guha; neither brother has stopped thinking about Rāma

2.83.1

vyuṣya rātriṃ tu tatraiva gaṅgākūle sa rāghavaḥ
bharataḥ kālyam utthāya śatrughnam idam abravīt

Having passed the night right there on the bank of the Ganges, that scion of Raghu, Bharata, rose at dawn and said this to Śatrughna:

Words: vyuṣya — having passed (the night); rātriṃ — the night; tu — and; tatraiva — right there; gaṅgākūle — on the bank of the Ganges; sa — that; rāghavaḥ — scion of Raghu; bharataḥ — Bharata; kālyam — at daybreak; utthāya — having risen; śatrughnam — to Śatrughna; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.