Chapter 53 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 53.4

रात्रिं कथंचिदेवेमां सौमित्रे वर्तयामहे। अपवर्तामहे भूमावास्तीर्य स्वयमर्जितैः॥

rātriṃ kathaṃcidevemāṃ saumitre vartayāmahe| apavartāmahe bhūmāvāstīrya svayamarjitaiḥ||

English Meaning

We will, O son of Sumitrā, anyhow pass the night; let us ourselves procuring (leaves) and spreading them on the ground, anyhow lie down on it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)