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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.21

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

2.45.21

ārāmodyānasaṃpannāṃ samājotsavaśālinīm
sukhitā vicariṣyanti rājadhānīṃ pitur mama

rich in pleasure-groves and gardens, splendid with assemblies and festivals — happily will they roam through this capital of my father.

Words: ārāmodyānasaṃpannāṃ — furnished with pleasure-groves and gardens; samājotsavaśālinīm — splendid with gatherings and festivals; sukhitā — the happy ones; vicariṣyanti — will roam about; rājadhānīṃ — the royal capital; pitur mama — of my father

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.