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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.6

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

2.79.6

dāśās tv anugamiṣyanti dhanvinaḥ susamāhitāḥ
ahaṃ cānugamiṣyāmi rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ

The fishermen, archers well-arrayed, will accompany you, and I too will follow, O illustrious prince.

Words: dāśās — the fishermen; tv — indeed; anugamiṣyanti — will follow; dhanvinaḥ — archers; susamāhitāḥ — well-arrayed, attentive; ahaṃ — I; cānugamiṣyāmi — and will follow; rājaputra — O prince; mahāyaśaḥ — O illustrious one

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.