Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 45: Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā · 2.45.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 45: Lakṣmaṇa keeps watch beside the Gaṅgā. Guha offers to guard the camp, Lakṣmaṇa refuses a bed and stays awake fearing the deaths of their grieving parents

In the sequence: Guha offers Lakṣmaṇa a bed and says his own men are accustomed to hardship and can guard the camp

2.45.1

taṃ jāgratam adambhena bhrātur arthāya lakṣmaṇam
guhaḥ saṃtāpasaṃtapto rāghavaṃ vākyam abravīt

To Lakṣmaṇa, scion of Raghu, who was keeping watch sincerely for his brother's sake, Guha, burning with grief, spoke these words:

Words: taṃ — that, him; jāgratam — keeping watch, awake; adambhena — without pretense, sincerely; bhrātur — for the brother; arthāya — for the sake of; lakṣmaṇam — Lakṣmaṇa; guhaḥ — Guha; saṃtāpasaṃtapto — burning with grief; rāghavaṃ — the scion of Raghu (Lakṣmaṇa); vākyam — words; abravīt — spoke

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.