Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 84: Guha Meets Bharata
Text 2.84.8
नावां शतानां पञ्चानां कैवर्तानां शतंशतम्।
सन्नद्धानां तथा यूनां तिष्ठत्वित्यभ्यचोदयत्॥
nāvāṁ śatānāṁ pañcānāṁ kaivartānāṁ śataṁ śatam
sannaddhānāṁ tathā yūnāṁ tiṣṭhatv ity abhyacodayat
nāvām = boats; śatānām pañcānām = in five hundred; kaivartānām = fishermen; śatam śatam = let hundreds and hundreds; sannaddhānām tathā = duly armored; yūnām = of young; tiṣṭhatu = stand; iti abhyacodayat = he announced.
He announced, “Let hundreds and hundreds of young fishermen duly armored stand in five hundred boats.