Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 52: Rāma Crosses the Gaṅgā on Guha’s Boat
Text 2.52.78
राघवोऽपि महातेजा नावमारुह्य तां ततः।
ब्रह्मवत्क्षत्रवच्चैव जजाप हितमात्मनः॥
rāghavo ’pi mahā-tejā nāvam āruhya tāṁ tataḥ
brahmavat kṣatravac caiva jajāpa hitam ātmanaḥ
rāghavaḥ api = Rāghava; mahā-tejāḥ = of great prowess; nāvam = boat; āruhya = climbed on and; tām = the; tataḥ = then; brahmavat kṣatravat ca eva = as appropriate for a brāhmaṇa and kṣatriya; jajāpa = chanted a Vedic hymn; hitam = for benefit; ātmanaḥ = His.
Rāghava of great prowess climbed on the boat and then chanted a Vedic hymn as appropriate for a brāhmaṇa and kṣatriya for His benefit.
He chanted the mantra common to brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas beginning with daivīṁ nāvam 6.