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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.9

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

2.80.9

evam asmābhir uktena lakṣmaṇena mahātmanā
anunītā vayaṃ sarve dharmam evānupaśyatā

Thus addressed by the great-souled Lakṣmaṇa, who looked only to dharma, all of us were won over.

Words: evam — thus; asmābhir — by us; uktena — being addressed; lakṣmaṇena — by Lakṣmaṇa; mahātmanā — the great-souled; anunītā — conciliated, won over; vayaṃ — we; sarve — all; dharmam — dharma; evānupaśyatā — who regarded only

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.