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)