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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.13.34

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: Jaṭāyu’s offer. Daśaratha’s vulture friend recounts the ancestry of Devas, animals and humankind, identifies his own lineage and offers to guard Sītā

In the sequence: he offers to stay with Rāma and guard Sītā whenever the brothers are away

3.13.34

so 'haṃ vāsasahāyas te bhaviṣyāmi yadīcchasi
sītāṃ ca tāta rakṣiṣye tvayi yāte salakṣmaṇe

So I shall become a companion in your dwelling, if you wish it; and I will guard Sītā, dear one, when you go off with Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: so — I (that one); 'haṃ — I; vāsasahāyas — a companion in dwelling; te — of/for you; bhaviṣyāmi — I shall become; yadīcchasi — if you wish; sītāṃ — Sītā; ca — and; tāta — dear one, my child; rakṣiṣye — I will guard, protect; tvayi — when you; yāte — have gone; salakṣmaṇe — together with 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.