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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.20

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

2.81.20

tasmin samāviśad rāmaḥ svāstare saha sītayā
prakṣālya ca tayoḥ pādāv apacakrāma lakṣmaṇaḥ

On that comfortable bed Rāma lay down with Sītā; and Lakṣmaṇa, having washed the feet of them both, withdrew.

Words: tasmin — on that; samāviśad — lay down; rāmaḥ — Rāma; svāstare — on the good bed; saha sītayā — with Sītā; prakṣālya — having washed; ca — and; tayoḥ — of the two; pādāv — the feet; apacakrāma — withdrew, went away; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa

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.