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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.5

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

2.47.5

sa tu saṃviśya medinyāṃ mahārhaśayanocitaḥ
imāḥ saumitraye rāmo vyājahāra kathāḥ śubhāḥ

So Rāma, accustomed to a most costly couch, having lain down upon the earth, spoke these fair words to Saumitri:

Words: sa tu — and he; saṃviśya — having lain down; medinyāṃ — on the earth; mahārhaśayanocitaḥ — accustomed to a costly couch; imāḥ — these; saumitraye — to Saumitri; rāmo — Rāma; vyājahāra — spoke, uttered; kathāḥ — words, tales; śubhāḥ — fair, auspicious

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.