Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 80: Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil · 2.80.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 80: Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil. Lakṣmaṇa refused sleep and feared for their parents, then crossed the Gaṅgā with Rāma & Sītā at dawn

In the sequence: Guha recounts what happened when Rāma stayed at the river: he offered Lakṣmaṇa a bed and assured him that his men could guard the camp

2.80.1

ācacakṣe 'tha sadbhāvaṃ lakṣmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ
bharatāyāprameyāya guho gahanagocaraḥ

Then Guha, dweller in the wilderness, recounted to the immeasurable Bharata the true devotion of the great-souled Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: ācacakṣe — recounted, told; 'tha — then; sadbhāvaṃ — the true disposition, loyalty; lakṣmaṇasya — of Lakṣmaṇa; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; bharatāyāprameyāya — to the immeasurable Bharata; guho — Guha; gahanagocaraḥ — dwelling in the wilderness

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.