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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.78.16

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.

2.78.16

asti mūlaṃ phalaṃ caiva niṣādaiḥ samupāhṛtam
ārdraṃ ca māṃsaṃ śuṣkaṃ ca vanyaṃ coccāvacaṃ mahat

There are roots and fruit, gathered by the Niṣādas, and meat both fresh and dried, and abundant forest fare of every kind.

Words: asti — there is; mūlaṃ — root; phalaṃ caiva — and fruit; niṣādaiḥ — by the Niṣādas; samupāhṛtam — gathered, brought; ārdraṃ ca — and fresh (meat); māṃsaṃ — meat; śuṣkaṃ ca — and dried; vanyaṃ — forest-produce; coccāvacaṃ — and of every kind; mahat — great, abundant

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.