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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.3

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 offers Lakṣmaṇa a bed and says his own men are accustomed to hardship and can guard the camp

2.45.3

ucito 'yaṃ janaḥ sarvaḥ kleśānāṃ tvaṃ sukhocitaḥ
guptyarthaṃ jāgariṣyāmaḥ kākutsthasya vayaṃ niśām

'All these people are inured to hardships, but you are used to comfort; for the sake of guarding Kākutstha we shall keep watch through the night.'

Words: ucito 'yaṃ — accustomed is this; janaḥ — folk, people; sarvaḥ — all; kleśānāṃ — to hardships, toils; tvaṃ — you; sukhocitaḥ — accustomed to comfort; guptyarthaṃ — for the sake of protection; jāgariṣyāmaḥ — we shall keep watch, stay awake; kākutsthasya — over Kākutstha (Rāma); vayaṃ — we; niśām — through the night

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.