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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.18

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: imagining the funeral rites he may miss, he longs for the day they can return together

2.45.18

siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite
pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam

'When that time has come, their own ends gained, they will perform all the funeral rites for the dead father, the king.'

Words: siddhārthāḥ — those whose ends are gained; pitaraṃ — the father; vṛttaṃ — deceased, dead; tasmin kāle — at that time; hy — indeed; upasthite — having arrived (loc. abs.); pretakāryeṣu — in the funeral rites; sarveṣu — all; saṃskariṣyanti — will perform the last rites for; bhūmipam — the king

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.