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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.20

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: seeing the exhausted citizens asleep under trees, Rāma decides they should leave before the followers wake: affection for him should not force them into further hardship

2.41.20

ato bhūyo 'pi nedānīm ikṣvākupuravāsinaḥ
svapeyur anuraktā māṃ vṛkṣamūlāni saṃśritāḥ

So that these devoted dwellers of the Ikṣvāku city may not now once more sleep clinging to the roots of trees out of love for me.

Words: ato — therefore; bhūyo — again; 'pi — also; nedānīm — not now; ikṣvākupuravāsinaḥ — the dwellers of the Ikṣvāku city; svapeyur — may they sleep; anuraktā — devoted, loving; māṃ — me; vṛkṣamūlāni — the roots of trees; saṃśritāḥ — clinging to, resorting to

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.