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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.4

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 arrives, and Bharata asks for help crossing

2.83.4

iti saṃvadator evam anyonyaṃ narasiṃhayoḥ
āgamya prāñjaliḥ kāle guho bharatam abravīt

As the two lions among men were thus conversing with each other, Guha came at that moment and, with joined palms, said to Bharata:

Words: iti — thus; saṃvadator — of the two conversing; evam — so; anyonyaṃ — with each other; narasiṃhayoḥ — of the two lions among men; āgamya — having come; prāñjaliḥ — with joined palms; kāle — at that moment; guho — Guha; bharatam — to Bharata; abravīt — said

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.