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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.18

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: Rāma warmly thanks him but explains that his new way of life requires forest food and the discipline of tapas

2.44.18

diṣṭyā tvāṃ guha paśyāmi arogaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ
api te kūśalaṃ rāṣṭre mitreṣu ca dhaneṣu ca

'By good fortune I see you, Guha, in good health together with your kinsmen. Is all well with you in your realm, among your friends, and in your wealth?'

Words: diṣṭyā — by good fortune, thankfully; tvāṃ — you; guha — O Guha; paśyāmi — I see; arogaṃ — free of illness, healthy; saha bāndhavaiḥ — together with your kinsmen; api — (is it that...?); te — your; kūśalaṃ — well-being, welfare; rāṣṭre — in the realm; mitreṣu ca — and among friends; dhaneṣu ca — and in wealth

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.