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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.23

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: Guha weeps with him as the night passes.

2.45.23

paridevayamānasya duḥkhārtasya mahātmanaḥ
tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata

As the great-souled prince stood there lamenting and stricken with grief, that night wore away.

Words: paridevayamānasya — of him lamenting; duḥkhārtasya — of him stricken with grief; mahātmanaḥ — great-souled; tiṣṭhato — standing; rājaputrasya — of the prince; śarvarī — the night; sātyavartata — it passed away

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.