Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 44: Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā · 2.44.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā. Rāma declines food and beds, asks for fodder for the horses and sleeps on the ground with Sītā after taking water

In the sequence: At Śṛṅgaverapura, Rāma reaches the Gaṅgā and chooses a large iṅgudī tree near the river as their resting place

2.44.1

viśālān kosalān ramyān yātvā lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ
āsasāda mahābāhuḥ śṛṅgaverapuraṃ prati

Having passed through the broad and lovely Kosala lands, the mighty-armed elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa arrived near Śṛṅgaverapura.

Words: viśālān — broad, extensive; kosalān — the Kosala lands; ramyān — lovely, pleasant; yātvā — having traveled through; lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ — the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa; āsasāda — reached, arrived at; mahābāhuḥ — the mighty-armed one; śṛṅgaverapuraṃ — Śṛṅgaverapura; prati — toward, near

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.