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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.19

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: Lakṣmaṇa made a grass bed for Rāma and Sītā and washed their feet after they lay down → Guha points out that same bed beneath the iṅgudī tree

2.81.19

saumitris tu tataḥ paścād akarot svāstaraṃ śubham
svayam ānīya barhīṃṣi kṣipraṃ rāghava kāraṇāt

Then Saumitri, quickly bringing kuśa grass himself, made a comfortable bed for Rāghava's sake.

Words: saumitris — Saumitri; tu — but; tataḥ paścād — thereafter; akarot — made; svāstaraṃ — a good bed of grass; śubham — comfortable, fine; svayam — himself; ānīya — having brought; barhīṃṣi — blades of kuśa grass; kṣipraṃ — quickly; rāghava — for Rāghava; kāraṇāt — for the sake of

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.