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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.12

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

2.41.12

tāṃ śayyāṃ tamasātīre vīkṣya vṛkṣadalaiḥ kṛtām
rāmaḥ saumitriṇāṃ sārdhaṃ sabhāryaḥ saṃviveśa ha

Gazing at that bed made of tree-leaves on the bank of the Tamasā, Rāma, with his wife and together with Saumitri, lay down.

Words: tāṃ — that; śayyāṃ — bed; tamasātīre — on the Tamasā bank; vīkṣya — having looked at; vṛkṣadalaiḥ — with tree-leaves; kṛtām — made; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saumitriṇāṃ — with Saumitri; sārdhaṃ — together with; sabhāryaḥ — with his wife; saṃviveśa — lay down; ha — indeed

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.