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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.14

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

2.44.14

svāgataṃ te mahābāho taveyam akhilā mahī
vayaṃ preṣyā bhavān bhartā sādhu rājyaṃ praśādhi naḥ

'Welcome to you, mighty-armed one! This whole land is yours; we are your servants, you our lord — rule our kingdom well.'

Words: svāgataṃ — welcome; te — to you; mahābāho — O mighty-armed one; taveyam — this of yours; akhilā — entire, whole; mahī — land, earth; vayaṃ — we; preṣyā — servants; bhavān — you (honorific); bhartā — lord, master; sādhu — well; rājyaṃ — kingdom; praśādhi — rule, govern; naḥ — our, us

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.