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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.15

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

2.44.15

bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca lehyaṃ cedam upasthitam
śayanāni ca mukhyāni vājināṃ khādanaṃ ca te

'Here is set before you food to chew, food to eat, drink, and things to lick, and fine beds, and fodder for your horses.'

Words: bhakṣyaṃ — food to chew; bhojyaṃ ca — and food to eat; peyaṃ ca — and drink; lehyaṃ — things to lick; cedam — and this; upasthitam — present, at hand; śayanāni ca — and beds; mukhyāni — excellent, first-rate; vājināṃ — of the horses; khādanaṃ ca — and fodder; 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.