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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.10

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: Guha, the local Niṣāda ruler and Rāma's close friend, hears of their arrival and comes with his ministers and relatives

2.44.10

sa śrutvā puruṣavyāghraṃ rāmaṃ viṣayam āgatam
vṛddhaiḥ parivṛto 'mātyair jñātibhiś cāpy upāgataḥ

He, hearing that Rāma the tiger among men had come into his domain, drew near, surrounded by his aged ministers and by his kinsmen too.

Words: sa — he; śrutvā — having heard; puruṣavyāghraṃ — the tiger among men; rāmaṃ — Rāma; viṣayam — the domain, territory; āgatam — come, arrived; vṛddhaiḥ — by the aged, the elders; parivṛto — surrounded; 'mātyair — by ministers; jñātibhiś cāpy — and by kinsmen too; upāgataḥ — approached, came 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.