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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.28.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile. He promises service to Rāma & Sītā and retrieves the paired bows, armour, quivers and swords from their teacher

In the sequence: he offers to walk ahead with his bow, spade, and basket, find the route, gather food, and attend to Rāma and Sītā whether they are awake or asleep

2.28.10

bhavāṃs tu saha vaidehyā girisānuṣu raṃsyate
ahaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyāmi jāgrataḥ svapataś ca te

You, together with Vaidehī, will take your ease on the mountain slopes; I shall do everything, whether you wake or sleep.

Words: bhavāṃs tu — and you, sir; saha vaidehyā — together with Vaidehī; girisānuṣu — on the mountain slopes; raṃsyate — will take pleasure, ease; ahaṃ — I; sarvaṃ — everything; kariṣyāmi — shall do; jāgrataḥ — of you waking; svapataś ca — and of you sleeping; te — for you

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.