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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.11

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

2.44.11

tato niṣādādhipatiṃ dṛṣṭvā dūrād avasthitam
saha saumitriṇā rāmaḥ samāgacchad guhena saḥ

Then, seeing the lord of the Niṣādas standing at a distance, Rāma, together with Saumitri, went forward to meet Guha.

Words: tato — then; niṣādādhipatiṃ — the lord of the Niṣādas; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; dūrād — from afar; avasthitam — standing; saha saumitriṇā — together with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); rāmaḥ — Rāma; samāgacchad — went to meet; guhena — with Guha; saḥ — he

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.