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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.53.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 53: Daśaratha’s remorse. Sumantra describes the horses’ reluctance and the country’s grief, Daśaratha regrets his uncounselled decision and begs to see Rāma

In the sequence: Sumantra says that even the horses resisted leaving and that he lingered with Guha hoping Rāma might recall him

2.53.3

guheva sārdhaṃ tatraiva sthito 'smi divasān bahūn
āśayā yadi māṃ rāmaḥ punaḥ śabdāpayed iti

'Together with Guha I remained right there for many days, in the hope that Rāma might summon me back again.'

Words: guheva — together with Guha; sārdhaṃ — together with; tatraiva — right there; sthito 'smi — I remained; divasān — days; bahūn — many; āśayā — in the hope; yadi — if, whether; māṃ — me; rāmaḥ — Rāma; punaḥ — again; śabdāpayed — might summon, call back; iti — thus (thinking)

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.