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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.19

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

2.45.19

ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ suvibhaktamahāpathām
harmyaprāsādasaṃpannāṃ gaṇikāvaraśobhitām

— with its lovely layout of squares, its well-divided great avenues, furnished with mansions and palaces, adorned by the finest of courtesans,

Words: ramyacatvarasaṃsthānāṃ — with lovely arrangement of squares; suvibhaktamahāpathām — with well-divided great highways; harmyaprāsādasaṃpannāṃ — furnished with mansions and palaces; gaṇikāvaraśobhitām — adorned by the finest courtesans

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.