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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.91.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 91: Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa. He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa becomes ashamed

2.91.11

vanavāsam anudhyāya gṛhāya pratineṣyati
imāṃ vāpy eśa vaidehīm atyantasukhasevinīm

Reflecting on the hardship of the forest life, he will lead us back home — or at least this Vaidehī, who is used to constant comfort.

Words: vanavāsam — the forest-dwelling; anudhyāya — having reflected upon; gṛhāya — homeward, to the house; pratineṣyati — will lead back; imāṃ vāpy — or even this; eśa — he; vaidehīm — Vaidehī; atyantasukhasevinīm — used to constant comfort

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.