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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.4

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: At Śṛṅgaverapura, Rāma reaches the Gaṅgā and chooses a large iṅgudī tree near the river as their resting place

2.44.4

tām ūrmikalilāvartām anvavekṣya mahārathaḥ
sumantram abravīt sūtam ihaivādya vasāmahe

Beholding her, her whirlpools thick with waves, the great chariot-warrior said to Sumantra the charioteer: 'Right here this very day let us halt.'

Words: tām — her; ūrmikalilāvartām — with whirlpools dense with waves; anvavekṣya — having looked upon, beheld; mahārathaḥ — the great chariot-warrior; sumantram — to Sumantra; abravīt — said; sūtam — the charioteer; ihaivādya — right here today; vasāmahe — let us dwell, halt

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.