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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.31.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 31: A throne or one more night. Daśaratha urges Rāma to take the Kingdom, then begs him to stay overnight, Rāma refuses to delay the promise

In the sequence: he rises to meet Rāma but faints before reaching him → Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa lift him, and with Sītā help him onto the couch

2.31.17

taṃ pariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ tāv ubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau
paryaṅke sītayā sārdhaṃ rudantaḥ samaveśayan

Those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, embracing him with their arms, together with Sītā, weeping, laid him upon the couch.

Words: taṃ pariṣvajya — having embraced him; bāhubhyāṃ — with (their) two arms; tāv ubhau — those two both; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa; paryaṅke — on the couch; sītayā sārdhaṃ — together with Sītā; rudantaḥ — weeping; samaveśayan — laid down, placed

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.