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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.78.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 78: Guha prepares to resist Bharata. Seeing the army, he readies five hundred armed boats to protect Rāma and approaches Bharata to learn his intentions

In the sequence: Bharata admits him, and Guha offers hospitality and supplies for the army's overnight stay.

2.78.13

etat tu vacanaṃ śrutvā sumantrād bharataḥ śubham
uvāca vacanaṃ śīghraṃ guhaḥ paśyatu mām iti

Hearing these good words from Sumantra, Bharata quickly said, 'Let Guha come to see me.'

Words: etat — these; tu — and; vacanaṃ — words; śrutvā — having heard; sumantrād — from Sumantra; bharataḥ — Bharata; śubham — good, auspicious; uvāca — said; vacanaṃ — these words; śīghraṃ — quickly; guhaḥ — Guha; paśyatu — let (him) see; mām — me; iti — thus

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.