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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.22

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

2.41.22

abravīl lakṣmaṇo rāmaṃ sākṣād dharmam iva sthitam
rocate me mahāprājña kṣipram āruhyatām iti

Lakṣmaṇa said to Rāma, who stood there like Dharma made visible: 'It pleases me, greatly wise one; let us mount at once.'

Words: abravīl — said; lakṣmaṇo — Lakṣmaṇa; rāmaṃ — to Rāma; sākṣād — visibly, in person; dharmam — Dharma; iva — like; sthitam — standing; rocate — pleases; me — me; mahāprājña — O greatly wise one; kṣipram — quickly; āruhyatām — let it be mounted; iti — thus

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.