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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā. Daśaratha visits Romapāda in Aṅga, asks for Ṛṣyaśṛṅga’s help with the sacrifice and brings the ṛṣi & Śāntā to Ayodhyā

In the sequence: with Vasiṣṭha's approval, Daśaratha travels with his household and advisers across forests and rivers to Aṅga → there he sees Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, radiant like fire, beside Romapāda

1.10.14

vanāni saritaś caiva vyatikramya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
abhicakrāma taṃ deśaṃ yatra vai munipuṃgavaḥ

Crossing forests and rivers little by little, he drew near to that region where the bull among sages dwelt.

Words: vanāni — forests; saritaś — rivers; caiva — and; vyatikramya — having crossed, passed over; śanaiḥ śanaiḥ — little by little, slowly; abhicakrāma — drew near, approached; taṃ — that; deśaṃ — region; yatra — where; vai — indeed; munipuṃgavaḥ — the bull among sages

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.