Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites · 2.50.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites. Lakṣmaṇa builds and roasts a black antelope, Rāma bathes and makes a protective offering before they enter

In the sequence: At dawn Rāma wakes Lakṣmaṇa, and the three resume the route Bharadvāja described

2.50.1

atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyām avasuptam anantaram
prabodhayām āsa śanair lakṣmaṇaṃ raghunandanaḥ

When the night had passed, the delight of the Raghus gently awakened Lakṣmaṇa, who was sleeping right beside him.

Words: atha — now, then; rātryāṃ — the night; vyatītāyām — when passed (loc. abs.); avasuptam — sleeping; anantaram — right beside, next to; prabodhayām āsa — awakened, roused; śanair — gently, softly; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; raghunandanaḥ — delight of the Raghus

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.