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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.21

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: once across, the expedition proceeds toward Prayāga → Bharata settles the army and goes with Vasiṣṭha to meet Bharadvāja.

2.83.21

sā puṇyā dhvajinī gaṅgāṃ dāśaiḥ saṃtāritā svayam
maitre muhūrte prayayau prayāgavanam uttamam

That holy, bannered host, ferried across the Ganges by the ferrymen themselves, set out at the auspicious Maitra hour for the excellent forest of Prayāga.

Words: sā — that; puṇyā — holy; dhvajinī — the bannered host, army; gaṅgāṃ — the Ganges; dāśaiḥ — by the ferrymen; saṃtāritā — ferried across; svayam — themselves; maitre — at the Maitra (hour); muhūrte — at the hour; prayayau — set forth; prayāgavanam — to the Prayāga forest; uttamam — excellent

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.