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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.13

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

2.83.13

tām āruroha bharataḥ śatrughnaś ca mahābalaḥ
kausalyā ca sumitrā ca yāś cānyā rājayoṣitaḥ

Onto it climbed Bharata and the mighty Śatrughna, and Kausalyā and Sumitrā and the other royal women.

Words: tām — onto it; āruroha — climbed; bharataḥ — Bharata; śatrughnaś — Śatrughna; ca — and; mahābalaḥ — the mighty; kausalyā — Kausalyā; ca — and; sumitrā — Sumitrā; ca — and; yāś — who; cānyā — and the other; rājayoṣitaḥ — royal women

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.