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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 83: Guha ferries Bharata’s company. Five hundred boats carry people, vehicles and provisions across the Gaṅgā, the army halts as Bharata approaches Bharadvāja

In the sequence: At dawn Bharata asks Śatrughna to summon Guha; neither brother has stopped thinking about Rāma

2.83.3

jāgarmi nāhaṃ svapimi tathaivāryaṃ vicintayan
ity evam abravīd bhrātrā śatrughno 'pi pracoditaḥ

“I am awake, I am not sleeping — I too am thinking all the while of the noble one” — thus spoke Śatrughna, likewise urged on by his brother.

Words: jāgarmi — I am awake; nāhaṃ — not I; svapimi — do sleep; tathaivāryaṃ — the noble one likewise; vicintayan — thinking of; ity — thus; evam — so; abravīd — spoke; bhrātrā — by his brother; śatrughno — Śatrughna; 'pi — also; pracoditaḥ — urged on

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.