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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.10

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: Lakṣmaṇa says he trusts Guha, but cannot enjoy comfort while Rāma and Sītā lie on the ground

2.45.10

yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi
taṃ paśya sukhasaṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā

'He whom all the gods and asuras together cannot overpower in battle — behold him lying comfortably on the grass with Sītā!'

Words: yo — who; na — not; devāsuraiḥ — by gods and asuras; sarvaiḥ — all; śakyaḥ — able (to be); prasahituṃ — to be overpowered; yudhi — in battle; taṃ — him; paśya — behold, see; sukhasaṃviṣṭaṃ — comfortably lying down; tṛṇeṣu — on the grass; saha sītayā — together with Sītā

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.