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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.19

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

2.44.19

yat tv idaṃ bhavatā kiṃ cit prītyā samupakalpitam
sarvaṃ tad anujānāmi na hi varte pratigrahe

'But whatever has been provided here by you out of affection — all of that I gratefully decline, for I may not accept gifts.'

Words: yat tv idaṃ — but whatever this; bhavatā — by you; kiṃ cit — anything, whatsoever; prītyā — out of affection; samupakalpitam — provided, prepared; sarvaṃ — all; tad — that; anujānāmi — I decline (lit. give leave for); na hi — for not; varte — I engage, occupy myself; pratigrahe — in accepting gifts

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.