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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.22

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 longed for all three travelers to return safely to Ayodhyā

2.80.22

api satyapratijñena sārdhaṃ kuśalinā vayam
nivṛtte samaye hy asmin sukhitāḥ praviśemahi

‘Would that, when this term of exile has run out, we might happily enter the city together with the one true to his word, safe and well!’

Words: api — perhaps, would that; satyapratijñena — with the one true to his promise; sārdhaṃ — together; kuśalinā — safe and well; vayam — we; nivṛtte — having ended (loc. abs.); samaye — the term (of exile); hy asmin — this indeed; sukhitāḥ — happy; praviśemahi — may we enter

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.