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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.57

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: he asks Guha for banyan sap and uses it to form his and Lakṣmaṇa's hair into matted locks → he advises Guha to guard his army, treasury, forts, and territory, then says goodbye.

2.46.57

tau tadā cīravasanau jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau
aśobhetām ṛṣisamau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau

Then the two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, clad in bark garments and wearing masses of matted hair, shone forth like two seers.

Words: tau — the two; tadā — then; cīravasanau — clad in bark garments; jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇau — wearing masses of matted locks; aśobhetām — the two shone; ṛṣisamau — like seers; bhrātarau — the two brothers; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

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.