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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.7
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
2.83.7
sukhā naḥ śarvarī rājan pūjitāś cāpi te vayam
gaṅgāṃ tu naubhir bahvībhir dāśāḥ saṃtārayantu naḥ
“Our night was pleasant, O king, and we too were honored by you; now let the ferrymen take us across the Ganges in their many boats.”
Words: sukhā — pleasant; naḥ — our; śarvarī — the night; rājan — O king; pūjitāś — honored; cāpi — and also; te — by you; vayam — we; gaṅgāṃ — the Ganges; tu — now, but; naubhir — by boats; bahvībhir — many; dāśāḥ — the ferrymen; saṃtārayantu — let them ferry across; naḥ — us
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.