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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.23

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 asks only that Daśaratha's horses be fed, and Guha immediately arranges it

2.44.23

aśvānāṃ pratipānaṃ ca khādanaṃ caiva so 'nvaśāt
guhas tatraiva puruṣāṃs tvaritaṃ dīyatām iti

And Guha there commanded his men: 'Let drink and fodder for the horses be given quickly.'

Words: aśvānāṃ — for the horses; pratipānaṃ ca — and drink, water; khādanaṃ caiva — and fodder; so 'nvaśāt — he commanded; guhas — Guha; tatraiva — right there; puruṣāṃs — the men; tvaritaṃ — quickly; dīyatām — let it be given; iti — thus

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.