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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.24

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: after evening worship, Rāma takes water and lies on the ground with Sītā → Lakṣmaṇa tends him, then keeps watch with Guha and Sumantra.

2.44.24

tataś cīrottarāsaṅgaḥ saṃdhyām anvāsya paścimām
jalam evādade bhojyaṃ lakṣmaṇenāhṛtaṃ svayam

Then, wearing an upper garment of bark and having attended the evening twilight, he himself took only the water brought by Lakṣmaṇa as his food.

Words: tataś — then; cīrottarāsaṅgaḥ — with an upper garment of bark; saṃdhyām — the twilight; anvāsya — having attended, sat through; paścimām — western, evening; jalam evādade — took only water; bhojyaṃ — as food; lakṣmaṇenāhṛtaṃ — brought by Lakṣmaṇa; svayam — himself

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.