सर्गः ७७
In which Bharata leads a vast army with mothers citizens and artisans to the Gaṅgā, camps overnight, and offers water for his father
Bharata mounts best chariot craving Rāma sight — Ministers priests follow on sunlike chariots — Nine thousand elephants sixty thousand chariots and hundred thousand horses follow — Mothers and glad citizens recount Rāma tales — Artisans merchants actors and thousands of brāhmaṇas follow — Glad army halts with Bharata at holy Gaṅgā — Bharata orders camp and tomorrow crossing — Bharata offers river water for father and ponders Rāma return