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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.24

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.

2.80.24

prabhāte vimale sūrye kārayitvā jaṭā ubhau
asmin bhāgīrathī tīre sukhaṃ saṃtāritau mayā

When the sun rose bright and clear at dawn, I had the two of them make their hair into matted locks, and here at the bank of the Bhāgīrathī I ferried them safely across.

Words: prabhāte — at dawn (loc. abs.); vimale — clear, spotless; sūrye — the sun; kārayitvā — having caused (them) to make; jaṭā — matted locks; ubhau — the two; asmin — at this; bhāgīrathī — of the Bhāgīrathī (Ganges); tīre — bank; sukhaṃ — safely, easily; saṃtāritau — were ferried across; mayā — by me

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.