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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.11

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: priests cross according to seniority, and a specially prepared boat carries Bharata, Śatrughna, and the royal women

2.83.11

anyāḥ svastikavijñeyā mahāghaṇḍā dharā varāḥ
śobhamānāḥ patākinyo yuktavātāḥ susaṃhatāḥ

Others were distinguished by their svastika-emblems, hung with great bells, capacious and excellent, gleaming with their pennants, catching a fair wind, and stoutly built.

Words: anyāḥ — others; svastikavijñeyā — recognizable by their svastika-emblems; mahāghaṇḍā — hung with great bells; dharā — sturdy, capacious; varāḥ — excellent; śobhamānāḥ — gleaming, resplendent; patākinyo — bearing pennants; yuktavātāḥ — catching a fair wind; susaṃhatāḥ — stoutly built, well-knit

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.