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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.27

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.

2.44.27

tathā śayānasya tato 'sya dhīmato yaśasvino dāśarather mahātmanaḥ
adṛṣṭaduḥkhasya sukhocitasya sā tadā vyatīyāya cireṇa śarvarī

And so, as that wise, illustrious, great-souled son of Daśaratha lay there — he who had never known sorrow and was fit only for comfort — that night for him wore slowly away.

Words: tathā — thus, and so; śayānasya — of him lying; tato — then; 'sya — of him; dhīmato — wise; yaśasvino — illustrious; dāśarather — of the son of Daśaratha; mahātmanaḥ — great-souled; adṛṣṭaduḥkhasya — of him who had never known sorrow; sukhocitasya — of him accustomed to comfort; sā — that (night); tadā — then; vyatīyāya — passed by, wore away; cireṇa — slowly, after a long time; śarvarī — the night

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.