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)