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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 83: Guha ferries Bharata’s company. Five hundred boats carry people, vehicles and provisions across the Gaṅgā, the army halts as Bharata approaches Bharadvāja

In the sequence: Guha assembles five hundred boats

2.83.10

te tathoktāḥ samutthāya tvaritā rājaśāsanāt
pañca nāvāṃ śatāny eva samāninyuḥ samantataḥ

Thus addressed, they arose and, hurrying at their chief's command, brought together fully five hundred boats from every side.

Words: te — they; tathoktāḥ — thus addressed; samutthāya — having risen; tvaritā — hastening; rājaśāsanāt — at the king's command; pañca — five; nāvāṃ — of boats; śatāny — hundreds; eva — indeed; samāninyuḥ — brought together; samantataḥ — from every side

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.