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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.7

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 recounts what happened when Rāma stayed at the river: he offered Lakṣmaṇa a bed and assured him that his men could guard the camp

2.80.7

so 'haṃ priyasakhaṃ rāmaṃ śayānaṃ saha sītayā
rakṣiṣyāmi dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarvaiḥ svair jñātibhiḥ saha

‘So I, bow in hand, together with all my own kinsmen, shall guard my dear friend Rāma as he sleeps with Sītā.’

Words: so 'haṃ — I, therefore; priyasakhaṃ — my dear friend; rāmaṃ — Rāma; śayānaṃ — lying asleep; saha sītayā — together with Sītā; rakṣiṣyāmi — I shall guard; dhanuṣpāṇiḥ — bow in hand; sarvaiḥ — with all; svair — my own; jñātibhiḥ — kinsmen; saha — together with

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.