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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.38

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: At Bharadvāja's command, rivers with milk-porridge along their beds appear, with divine dwellings on their banks through Brahmā's grace

2.85.38

tatas tatra muhūrtena nadyaḥ pāyasakardamāḥ
upātiṣṭhanta bharataṃ bharadvājasya śāsanat

Then within a moment, rivers with milk-porridge for mud attended upon Bharata, by the command of Bharadvāja.

Words: tatas — then; tatra — there; muhūrtena — within a moment; nadyaḥ — rivers; pāyasakardamāḥ — with milk-rice for mud; upātiṣṭhanta — attended upon; bharataṃ — Bharata; bharadvājasya — of Bharadvāja; śāsanat — by the command

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.