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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Rāma grieves and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return. Rāma fears for his parents and asks Lakṣmaṇa to return, Lakṣmaṇa refuses to leave him and steadies his resolve

In the sequence: Without Sumantra now, Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that they must share the task of guarding Sītā and make their own bedding

2.47.4

rātriṃ kathaṃ cid evemāṃ saumitre vartayāmahe
upāvartāmahe bhūmāv āstīrya svayam ārjitaiḥ

Let us somehow pass this very night, Saumitri; let us lie down upon the ground, having spread out things gathered with our own hands.

Words: rātriṃ — the night; kathaṃ cid — somehow; evemāṃ — this very; saumitre — O Saumitri; vartayāmahe — let us pass, spend; upāvartāmahe — let us lie down; bhūmāv — on the ground; āstīrya — having spread out; svayam — by our own (hands); ārjitaiḥ — with things gathered

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.