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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.13

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

2.41.13

sabhāryaṃ saṃprasuptaṃ taṃ bhrātaraṃ vīkṣya lakṣmaṇaḥ
kathayām āsa sūtāya rāmasya vividhān guṇān

Seeing his brother fast asleep with his wife, Lakṣmaṇa recounted to the charioteer Rāma's manifold virtues.

Words: sabhāryaṃ — with his wife; saṃprasuptaṃ — fast asleep; taṃ — that; bhrātaraṃ — brother; vīkṣya — having seen; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; kathayām āsa — recounted, narrated; sūtāya — to the charioteer; rāmasya — of Rāma; vividhān — manifold, various; guṇān — virtues

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.