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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.78.15

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.

2.78.15

niṣkuṭaś caiva deśo 'yaṃ vañcitāś cāpi te vayam
nivedayāmas te sarve svake dāśakule vasa

This region is your own pleasure-grove, and we too are yours to command; we all offer ourselves to you — dwell here in our fishermen's home.

Words: niṣkuṭaś — a pleasure-grove; caiva — and; deśo — region; 'yaṃ — this; vañcitāś — devoted, at your disposal; cāpi — and too; te — yours; vayam — we; nivedayāmas — we offer, present; te — to you; sarve — all; svake — in our own; dāśakule — fishermen's household; vasa — dwell

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.