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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.6

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: they get down from the chariot, and Sumantra unhitches the horses

2.44.6

lakṣaṇaś ca sumantraś ca bāḍham ity eva rāghavam
uktvā tam iṅgudīvṛkṣaṃ tadopayayatur hayaiḥ

Both Lakṣmaṇa and Sumantra, saying 'Very well' to Rāghava, then drove up with the horses to that iṅgudī tree.

Words: lakṣaṇaś ca — and Lakṣmaṇa; sumantraś ca — and Sumantra; bāḍham — 'very well, so be it'; ity eva — thus indeed; rāghavam — to Rāghava; uktvā — having said; tam — that; iṅgudīvṛkṣaṃ — iṅgudī tree; tadopayayatur — then the two drove up; hayaiḥ — with the horses

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.