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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.24

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.

2.45.24

tathā hi satyaṃ bruvati prajāhite narendraputre gurusauhṛdād guhaḥ
mumoca bāṣpaṃ vyasanābhipīḍito jvarāturo nāga iva vyathāturaḥ

As the prince, devoted to the people's welfare, spoke truth in this way, Guha, out of his deep affection, shed tears, tormented by grief, in anguish like an elephant afflicted with fever.

Words: tathā hi — thus indeed; satyaṃ — truly, truth; bruvati — speaking (loc. abs.); prajāhite — devoted to the people's welfare; narendraputre — the prince (loc. abs.); gurusauhṛdād — out of deep affection; guhaḥ — Guha; mumoca — shed, let fall; bāṣpaṃ — tears; vyasanābhipīḍito — tormented by grief; jvarāturo — afflicted with fever; nāga iva — like an elephant; vyathāturaḥ — in anguish, sorely pained

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.