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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.26

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.

2.44.26

guho 'pi saha sūtena saumitrim anubhāṣayan
anvajāgrat tato rāmam apramatto dhanurdharaḥ

Guha too, along with the charioteer, conversing with Saumitri, kept watch over Rāma, vigilant and bearing his bow.

Words: guho 'pi — Guha too; saha sūtena — together with the charioteer; saumitrim — Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); anubhāṣayan — conversing with, talking to; anvajāgrat — kept watch, stayed awake; tato — then; rāmam — over Rāma; apramatto — vigilant, heedful; dhanurdharaḥ — bearing a bow

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.