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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.8

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

2.44.8

sumantro 'py avatīryaiva mocayitvā hayottamān
vṛkṣamūlagataṃ rāmam upatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ

Sumantra too, dismounting and unyoking the excellent horses, stood with joined palms before Rāma, who had gone to the foot of the tree.

Words: sumantro 'py — Sumantra too; avatīryaiva — having dismounted; mocayitvā — having released, unyoked; hayottamān — the excellent horses; vṛkṣamūlagataṃ — gone to the foot of the tree; rāmam — Rāma; upatasthe — stood near, waited upon; kṛtāñjaliḥ — with palms joined

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.