Chapter 89 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 89

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 89.14

पताकिन्यस्तु ता नावः स्वयं दाशैरधिष्ठिताः। वहन्त्यो जनमारूढं तदा सम्पेतुराशुगाः॥

patākinyastu tā nāvaḥ svayaṃ dāśairadhiṣṭhitāḥ| vahantyo janamārūḍhaṃ tadā sampeturāśugāḥ||

English Meaning

Then those boats hung with pennons, managed by the kinsfolk (of Guha), set off at speed with the teeming folks that had got on board.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)