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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 79: Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose. Bharata denies seeking Rāma’s death and asks the way to Bharadvāja, Guha offers guides and praises his refusal of the Kingdom

In the sequence: he asks the way to Bharadvāja's hermitage → Guha offers guides and his own assistance

2.79.4

katareṇa gamiṣyāmi bharadvājāśramaṃ guha
gahano 'yaṃ bhṛśaṃ deśo gaṅgānūpo duratyayaḥ

By which road shall I go to Bharadvāja's hermitage, O Guha? This region is exceedingly dense, and the Gaṅgā's marshy bank hard to cross.

Words: katareṇa — by which (of the two); gamiṣyāmi — shall I go; bharadvājāśramaṃ — to Bharadvāja's hermitage; guha — O Guha; gahano — dense, impenetrable; 'yaṃ — this; bhṛśaṃ — exceedingly; deśo — region; gaṅgānūpo — the Gaṅgā's marshy bank; duratyayaḥ — hard to cross

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.