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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.12

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: he embraces Rāma and offers him his land, food, comfortable beds, and service as freely as if this were Ayodhyā

2.44.12

tam ārtaḥ saṃpariṣvajya guho rāghavam abravīt
yathāyodhyā tathedaṃ te rāma kiṃ karavāṇi te

Guha, deeply moved, embracing that Rāghava, said: 'As Ayodhyā, so is this place yours, Rāma. What may I do for you?'

Words: tam — him; ārtaḥ — stirred, deeply moved; saṃpariṣvajya — having embraced; guho — Guha; rāghavam — to Rāghava; abravīt — said; yathāyodhyā — as Ayodhyā; tathedaṃ — so this; te — yours; rāma — O Rāma; kiṃ — what; karavāṇi — may I do; te — for you

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.