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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.8
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
2.81.8
putravyādhir na te kaccic charīraṃ paribādhate
adya rājakulasyāsya tvadadhīnaṃ hi jīvitam
Surely no illness afflicts your body, my son? For today the very life of this royal house depends upon you.
Words: putravyādhir — some affliction, my son; na te — surely not ... your; kaccic — at all (I hope not); charīraṃ — the body; paribādhate — afflicts, torments; adya — today, now; rājakulasyāsya — of this royal house; tvadadhīnaṃ — dependent on you; hi — for; jīvitam — the life
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.