Chapter 83 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 83

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 83.15

उपेत्य तीरं गङ्गायाश्चक्रवाकैरलंकृतम्। व्यवतिष्ठत सा सेना भरतस्यानुयायिनी॥ निरीक्ष्यानुत्थितां सेनां तां च गङ्गां शिवोदकाम्। भरतः सचिवान् सर्वानब्रवीद् वाक्यकोविदः॥

upetya tīraṃ gaṅgāyāścakravākairalaṃkṛtam| vyavatiṣṭhata sā senā bharatasyānuyāyinī|| nirīkṣyānutthitāṃ senāṃ tāṃ ca gaṅgāṃ śivodakām| bharataḥ sacivān sarvānabravīd vākyakovidaḥ||

English Meaning

Having come to the banks of the Gangā graced with Cakravākas, the army which was following Bharata halted. Seeing the army inactive as well as the Gangā of sacred waters, Bharata versed in speech spoke to the courtiers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)