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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.15

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

2.41.15

gokulākulatīrāyās tamasāyā vidūrataḥ
avasat tatra tāṃ rātriṃ rāmaḥ prakṛtibhiḥ saha

At some distance from the Tamasā, whose banks were thronged with herds of cattle, Rāma passed that night there together with the citizens.

Words: gokulākulatīrāyās — of (the river) whose banks were thronged with cattle-herds; tamasāyā — of the Tamasā; vidūrataḥ — at a distance from; avasat — dwelt, passed; tatra — there; tāṃ — that; rātriṃ — night; rāmaḥ — Rāma; prakṛtibhiḥ — with the citizens, subjects; saha — together

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.