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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.8

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

2.83.8

tato guhaḥ saṃtvaritaḥ śrutvā bharataśāsanam
pratipraviśya nagaraṃ taṃ jñātijanam abravīt

Then Guha, hearing Bharata's command, made haste, entered his town, and said to his kinsfolk there:

Words: tato — then; guhaḥ — Guha; saṃtvaritaḥ — hastening; śrutvā — having heard; bharataśāsanam — Bharata's command; pratipraviśya — having entered; nagaraṃ — the town; taṃ — that; jñātijanam — kinsfolk; abravīt — said

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.