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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 81: Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed. Guha shows Bharata where they slept after taking only water, while Lakṣmaṇa and the Niṣādas kept watch
In the sequence: Kausalyā asks whether he is ill or has heard bad news of the travelers; she tells him that the family now depends on him
2.81.10
kaccin na lakṣmaṇe putra śrutaṃ te kiṃ cid apriyam
putra vā hy ekaputrāyāḥ sahabhārye vanaṃ gate
Have you heard, my son, no ill news of Lakṣmaṇa, or of the one son of his mother, gone with his wife to the forest?
Words: kaccin na — surely no; lakṣmaṇe — concerning Lakṣmaṇa; putra — O son; śrutaṃ — heard; te — by you; kiṃ cid — anything; apriyam — unwelcome, bad; putra vā — or, O son; hy — indeed; ekaputrāyāḥ — of the mother of one son; sahabhārye — with his wife (loc. abs.); vanaṃ — to the forest; gate — gone (loc. abs.)
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.