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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.22

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

2.45.22

api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam
nivṛtte vanavāse 'sminn ayodhyāṃ praviśemahi

Would that we, together with him true to his vow and safe and sound, might enter Ayodhyā once more when this forest-dwelling is over!

Words: api — would that, may (wish); satyapratijñena — with him true to his vow; sārdhaṃ — together with; kuśalinā — with the one safe and well; vayam — we; nivṛtte — when ended (loc. abs.); vanavāse 'sminn — this forest-dwelling; ayodhyāṃ — Ayodhyā; praviśemahi — may we enter

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.