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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.14

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

2.41.14

jāgrato hy eva tāṃ rātriṃ saumitrer udito raviḥ
sūtasya tamasātīre rāmasya bruvato guṇān

As Saumitri kept awake that whole night telling the charioteer of Rāma's virtues on the bank of the Tamasā, the sun rose upon them.

Words: jāgrato — of (him) keeping awake; hy — indeed; eva — very; tāṃ — that; rātriṃ — night; saumitrer — of Saumitri; udito — rose; raviḥ — the sun; sūtasya — for the charioteer; tamasātīre — on the Tamasā bank; rāmasya — of Rāma; bruvato — of (him) telling; guṇān — virtues

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.