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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.5
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: Guha arrives, and Bharata asks for help crossing
2.83.5
kaccit sukhaṃ nadītīre 'vātsīḥ kākutstha śarvarīm
kaccic ca saha sainyasya tava sarvam anāmayam
“I trust you passed the night in comfort on the river bank, Kākutstha, and that all is well with you together with your army?”
Words: kaccit — I trust that; sukhaṃ — comfortably; nadītīre — on the river bank; 'vātsīḥ — did you pass (the night); kākutstha — O Kākutstha; śarvarīm — the night; kaccic — I trust; ca — and; saha — together with; sainyasya — of the army; tava — your; sarvam — all; anāmayam — free from ailment, well
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.