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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens. Sumantra lays misleading tracks, Rāma crosses the Tamasā with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa before the followers wake

In the sequence: Sumantra feeds and tends the horses, then helps prepare a bed of leaves → Rāma and Sītā sleep while Lakṣmaṇa stays awake talking with Sumantra

2.41.10

so 'śvān sumantraḥ saṃyamya sūrye 'staṃ samupāgate
prabhūtayavasān kṛtvā babhūva pratyanantaraḥ

Sumantra, tethering the horses as the sun had gone to its setting and providing them abundant fodder, remained close at hand.

Words: so — he; 'śvān — the horses; sumantraḥ — Sumantra; saṃyamya — having tethered, restrained; sūrye — the sun; 'staṃ — to setting; samupāgate — having gone; prabhūtayavasān — provided with abundant fodder; kṛtvā — having made; babhūva — remained, became; pratyanantaraḥ — close at hand, nearby

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.