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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.20
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 boats return for more loads; elephants swim, while others cross on rafts, with flotation vessels, or by swimming
2.83.20
nāvaś cāruruhus tv anye plavais terus tathāpare
anye kumbhaghaṭais terur anye teruś ca bāhubhiḥ
Some boarded the boats, others crossed on rafts, some crossed by means of pots and jars, and still others crossed by their own arms.
Words: nāvaś — boats; cāruruhus — and boarded; tv — but; anye — some; plavais — by rafts; terus — crossed; tathāpare — and others likewise; anye — some; kumbhaghaṭais — by pots and jars; terur — crossed; anye — others; teruś — crossed; ca — and; bāhubhiḥ — by their arms
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.