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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.78.7
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: five hundred boats are readied with armed crews, but he says the army may cross if Bharata's intentions prove peaceful
2.78.7
nāvāṃ śatānāṃ pañcānāṃ kaivartānāṃ śataṃ śatam
saṃnaddhānāṃ tathā yūnāṃ tiṣṭhantv atyabhyacodayat
'Let a hundred fishermen man each of five hundred boats — young men girded for battle — and stand ready,' he urged insistently.
Words: nāvāṃ — of boats; śatānāṃ pañcānāṃ — of five hundred; kaivartānāṃ — of fishermen; śataṃ śatam — a hundred to each; saṃnaddhānāṃ — of (those) girded, armed; tathā — and; yūnāṃ — of young men; tiṣṭhantv — let them stand; atyabhyacodayat — he vehemently urged
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.