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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.9

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 assembles five hundred boats

2.83.9

uttiṣṭhata prabudhyadhvaṃ bhadram astu hi vaḥ sadā
nāvaḥ samanukarṣadhvaṃ tārayiṣyāma vāhinīm

“Arise, awake! May it always be well with you! Draw up the boats — we shall ferry the army across.”

Words: uttiṣṭhata — arise; prabudhyadhvaṃ — awake; bhadram — good fortune; astu — let there be; hi — indeed; vaḥ — to you; sadā — always; nāvaḥ — the boats; samanukarṣadhvaṃ — draw up together; tārayiṣyāma — we shall ferry across; vāhinīm — the army

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.