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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.13

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

2.44.13

tato guṇavadannādyam upādāya pṛthagvidham
arghyaṃ copānayat kṣipraṃ vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha

Then, taking up excellent food of various kinds, he quickly brought forward a guest-offering as well, and spoke these words:

Words: tato — then; guṇavadannādyam — excellent food and viands; upādāya — having taken up; pṛthagvidham — of various kinds; arghyaṃ — a guest-offering; copānayat — and brought forward; kṣipraṃ — quickly; vākyaṃ — words; cedam — and this; uvāca ha — spoke indeed

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.