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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.22
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.
2.83.22
āśvāsayitvā ca camūṃ mahātmā niveśayitvā ca yathopajoṣam
draṣṭuṃ bharadvājam ṛṣipravaryam ṛtvig vṛtaḥ san bharataḥ pratasthe
And the great-souled Bharata, having reassured his army and settled it at its ease, set out, attended by his officiating priest, to see Bharadvāja, the foremost of sages.
Words: āśvāsayitvā — having reassured; ca — and; camūṃ — the army; mahātmā — the great soul; niveśayitvā — having settled, encamped; ca — and; yathopajoṣam — at its ease, comfortably; draṣṭuṃ — to see; bharadvājam — Bharadvāja; ṛṣipravaryam — the foremost of sages; ṛtvig — by his officiating priest; vṛtaḥ — surrounded, attended; san — being; bharataḥ — Bharata; pratasthe — set out
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.