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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.15

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: the camp is set ablaze, baggage loaded, and boats carry people, horses, vehicles, and supplies across

2.83.15

āvāsam ādīpayatāṃ tīrthaṃ cāpy avagāhatām
bhāṇḍāni cādadānānāṃ ghoṣas tridivam aspṛśat

The clamor of those setting the camp ablaze, of those plunging into the crossing-place, and of those taking up the baggage rose to touch the very heavens.

Words: āvāsam — the encampment; ādīpayatāṃ — of those setting ablaze; tīrthaṃ — the crossing-place, ford; cāpy — and also; avagāhatām — of those plunging in; bhāṇḍāni — the vessels, baggage; cādadānānāṃ — and of those taking up; ghoṣas — the din; tridivam — heaven; aspṛśat — touched

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.