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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.12
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister
In the sequence: Bharadvāja himself next calls the rivers from earth and sky, asking some to flow with maireya wine, others with surā liquor, and others with cool water sweet as sugarcane juice
2.85.12
prāk srotasaś ca yā nadyaḥ pratyak srotasa eva ca
pṛthivyām antarikṣe ca samāyāntv adya sarvaśaḥ
The rivers flowing eastward and those flowing westward, on the earth and in the sky — let them all come here today from every direction.
Words: prāk srotasaś ca — and those flowing eastward; yā — which; nadyaḥ — rivers; pratyak srotasa eva ca — and those flowing westward; pṛthivyām — on the earth; antarikṣe ca — and in the sky; samāyāntv — let them come; adya — today; sarvaśaḥ — from every direction
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.