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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.25

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.

2.44.25

tasya bhūmau śayānasya pādau prakṣālya lakṣmaṇaḥ
sabhāryasya tato 'bhyetya tasthau vṛkṣam upāśritaḥ

Then Lakṣmaṇa, having washed the feet of him as he lay on the ground with his wife, withdrew and stood leaning against the tree.

Words: tasya — his; bhūmau — on the ground; śayānasya — of him lying down; pādau — the two feet; prakṣālya — having washed; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; sabhāryasya — of him with his wife; tato — then; 'bhyetya — having withdrawn, gone aside; tasthau — stood; vṛkṣam — the tree; upāśritaḥ — leaning against, resting on

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.