Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.50
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Then, yielding to his request, beneath a tree upon the bank—where the chariot horses were held in check by Sumantra, as the wind from the river waves blew gently, carrying a abundant mass of flowing drops of nectar from clusters of blue lotuses as if to perform hospitality with an offering of honey-mixture for the two sons of Daśaratha, and the sun, the presiding deity of day, disappeared into the western mountain as if unable to behold the descendant of Kakutstha's departure for the forest—Rāma completed the evening twilight rites and resorted to a bed of leaves prepared by Lakṣmaṇa on the ground at the root of that tree.
As Rāma entered the inner apartment called the tree-root along with the daughter of Videha, with Lakṣmaṇa as chamberlain, / the lord of the hunters, gazing upon him with an endless shower of tears held in check, banished sleep and sat down.