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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Worship before the abhiṣeka. Rāma worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, offers havis and eats its remainder, they sleep on kuśa as Ayodhyā celebrates

In the sequence: Rāma bathes, worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, makes an āhuti (oblation) into Agni, eats the remaining havis, and lies with her on a grass bed in Viṣṇu's shrine

2.6.4

vāgyataḥ saha vaidehyā bhūtvā niyatamānasaḥ
śrīmaty āyatane viṣṇoḥ śiśye naravarātmajaḥ

with speech restrained, together with Vaidehī, and with mind controlled, the son of the best of men lay down in the splendid shrine of Viṣṇu.

Words: vāgyataḥ — with speech restrained; saha — together with; vaidehyā — Vaidehī; bhūtvā — having become; niyatamānasaḥ — with mind controlled; śrīmaty — in the splendid; āyatane — shrine, abode; viṣṇoḥ — of Viṣṇu; śiśye — lay down; naravarātmajaḥ — the son of the best of men

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.