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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.17

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

2.83.17

nārīṇām abhipūrṇās tu kāś cit kāś cit tu vājinām
kaś cit tatra vahanti sma yānayugyaṃ mahādhanam

Some boats were filled with women, some with horses, and some there carried the vehicles, the draught-teams, and much wealth.

Words: nārīṇām — of women; abhipūrṇās — filled; tu — and; kāś cit — some; kāś cit — some; tu — and; vājinām — of horses; kaś cit — some; tatra — there; vahanti sma — carried; yānayugyaṃ — the vehicles and draught-teams; mahādhanam — much wealth

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.