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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.23

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 says the night passed in this way, and at dawn he had the brothers arrange their matted locks and ferried them across with Sītā → carrying their weapons and dressed for the forest, they continued on foot.

2.80.23

paridevayamānasya tasyaivaṃ sumahātmanaḥ
tiṣṭhato rājaputrasya śarvarī sātyavartata

As that very great-souled prince stood thus lamenting, the night wore away.

Words: paridevayamānasya — of him lamenting; tasyaivaṃ — of him thus; sumahātmanaḥ — the very great-souled; tiṣṭhato — standing; rājaputrasya — of the prince; śarvarī — the night; sātyavartata — passed away

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.