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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.21

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

2.81.21

etat tad iṅgudīmūlam idam eva ca tat tṛṇam
yasmin rāmaś ca sītā ca rātriṃ tāṃ śayitāv ubhau

This here is that very foot of the iṅgudī tree, and this the grass upon which both Rāma and Sītā lay that night.

Words: etat tad — this is that very; iṅgudīmūlam — the foot of the iṅgudī tree; idam eva ca — and this very; tat — that; tṛṇam — grass; yasmin — on which; rāmaś ca — and Rāma; sītā ca — and Sītā; rātriṃ tāṃ — that night; śayitāv — the two lay; ubhau — both

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.