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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.12

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

2.83.12

tataḥ svastikavijñeyāṃ pāṇḍukambalasaṃvṛtām
sanandighoṣāṃ kalyāṇīṃ guho nāvam upāharat

Then Guha brought up an auspicious, fine boat, marked with a svastika-emblem, spread with a white woolen blanket, and resounding with joyous din.

Words: tataḥ — then; svastikavijñeyāṃ — marked with a svastika-emblem; pāṇḍukambalasaṃvṛtām — spread with a white woolen blanket; sanandighoṣāṃ — resounding with joyous din; kalyāṇīṃ — auspicious, fine; guho — Guha; nāvam — the boat; upāharat — brought forward

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.