Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 51: Guha and Lakṣmaṇa Converse at Night
Text 2.51.3
उचितोऽयं जनः सर्वः क्लेशानां त्वं सुखोचितः।
गुप्त्यर्थं जागरिष्यामः काकुत्स्थस्य वयं निशाम्॥
ucito ’yaṁ janaḥ sarvaḥ kleśānāṁ tvaṁ sukhocitaḥ
gupty-arthaṁ jāgariṣyāmaḥ kākutsthasya vayaṁ niśām
ucitaḥ = are habituated; ayam = here; janaḥ = the people; sarvaḥ = all; kleśānām = to distresses; tvam = You; sukha-ucitaḥ = are habituated to comfort; gupti-artham = to protect; jāgariṣyāmaḥ = will stay awake; kākutsthasya = the descendant of Kakutstha; vayam = we; niśām = throughout the night.
All the people here are habituated to distresses. You are habituated to comfort. We will stay awake throughout the night to protect the descendant of Kakutstha.
All the people in that forest were habituated to distresses, that is, they could tolerate distresses.