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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.5

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

2.44.5

avidūrād ayaṃ nadyā bahupuṣpapravālavān
sumahān iṅgudīvṛkṣo vasāmo 'traiva sārathe

'Not far from the river stands this very great iṅgudī tree, rich in flowers and shoots; let us dwell right here, O charioteer.'

Words: avidūrād — not far from; ayaṃ — this; nadyā — from the river; bahupuṣpapravālavān — rich in many flowers and shoots; sumahān — very great; iṅgudīvṛkṣo — the iṅgudī tree; vasāmo — let us dwell; 'traiva — right here; sārathe — O charioteer

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.