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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.7

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

2.44.7

rāmo 'bhiyāya taṃ ramyaṃ vṛkṣam ikṣvākunandanaḥ
rathād avātarat tasmāt sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ

Rāma, delight of the Ikṣvākus, approaching that lovely tree, descended from the chariot together with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: rāmo 'bhiyāya — Rāma, having approached; taṃ — that; ramyaṃ — lovely; vṛkṣam — tree; ikṣvākunandanaḥ — delight of the Ikṣvākus; rathād — from the chariot; avātarat — descended; tasmāt — that; sabhāryaḥ — together with his wife; sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — together with Lakṣmaṇa

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.