Chapter 84 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 84

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 84.1

ततो निविष्टां ध्वजिनी गङ्गामन्वाश्रितां नदीम्। निषादराजो दृष्ट्वैव ज्ञातीन् स परितोऽब्रवीत्॥

tato niviṣṭāṃ dhvajinī gaṅgāmanvāśritāṃ nadīm| niṣādarājo dṛṣṭvaiva jñātīn sa parito'bravīt||

English Meaning

Seeing the forces with banners flying quartered on the banks of the river Gangā, and engaged in carious occupations, the lord of the Nisadas, Guha, said to his relatives ranged around.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)