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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.11

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: Lakṣmaṇa refused, saying he could not sleep while Rāma and Sītā lay on the ground

2.80.11

yo na devāsuraiḥ sarvaiḥ śakyaḥ prasahituṃ yudhi
taṃ paśya guha saṃviṣṭaṃ tṛṇeṣu saha sītayā

‘He whom not all the gods and demons together could overpower in battle — behold him, Guha, lying on the grass with Sītā!’

Words: yo — who; na — not; devāsuraiḥ — by gods and demons; sarvaiḥ — all; śakyaḥ — able to be; prasahituṃ — to be overpowered, withstood; yudhi — in battle; taṃ — him; paśya — behold; guha — O Guha; saṃviṣṭaṃ — lying down; tṛṇeṣu — on the grass; saha sītayā — with Sītā

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.