Chapter 84 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 84

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 84.7

तिष्ठन्तु सर्वदाशाश्च गङ्गामन्वाश्रिता नदीम्। बलयुक्ता नदीरक्षा मांसमूलफलाशनाः॥

tiṣṭhantu sarvadāśāśca gaṅgāmanvāśritā nadīm| balayuktā nadīrakṣā māṃsamūlaphalāśanāḥ||

English Meaning

And stationed on the river Gangā, let my powerful retainers subsisting on fruits and roots and meat, be prepared for opposing Bharata's passages over the river.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)