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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.18

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: he feared Daśaratha and Kausalyā would die of grief and that the King would never see Rāma installed

2.80.18

siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle hy upasthite
pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti bhūmipam

‘When that time comes, those who have gained their ends will perform all the funeral rites for my deceased father, the king.’

Words: siddhārthāḥ — those whose ends are accomplished; pitaraṃ — the father; vṛttaṃ — deceased, dead; tasmin kāle — at that time; hy upasthite — when it has arrived; pretakāryeṣu — in the funeral rites; sarveṣu — all; saṃskariṣyanti — will perform the last rites for; bhūmipam — the king

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.