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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.18

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: Rāma and Sītā fasted after taking water brought by Lakṣmaṇa; Lakṣmaṇa took the remaining water and fasted too, and all three performed evening worship

2.81.18

tatas tu jalaśeṣeṇa lakṣmaṇo 'py akarot tadā
vāg yatās te trayaḥ saṃdhyām upāsata samāhitāḥ

Then Lakṣmaṇa too, with the water that remained, did the same; and the three of them, keeping silence and composed, performed the twilight worship.

Words: tatas tu — and then; jalaśeṣeṇa — with the remaining water; lakṣmaṇo 'py — Lakṣmaṇa too; akarot — did (likewise); tadā — then; vāg — speech; yatās — restrained; te — they; trayaḥ — three; saṃdhyām — the twilight prayer; upāsata — worshipped, performed; samāhitāḥ — composed, attentive

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.