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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.45.5

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: he assures him of his love for Rāma, knowledge of the terrain, and ability to defend them

2.45.5

asya prasādād āśaṃse loke 'smin sumahad yaśaḥ
dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulām arthāvāptiṃ ca kevalām

'By his favor I hope for great fame in this world, and an abundant attainment of dharma, and a complete attainment of wealth.'

Words: asya — his; prasādād — by the favor; āśaṃse — I hope for, expect; loke 'smin — in this world; sumahad — very great; yaśaḥ — fame, glory; dharmāvāptiṃ — attainment of dharma; ca — and; vipulām — abundant, ample; arthāvāptiṃ — attainment of wealth; ca — and; kevalām — complete, unqualified

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.