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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.18

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā. Daśaratha releases Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa, they follow Viśvāmitra along the Sarayū and Rāma receives the protective Balā & Atibalā teachings

In the sequence: purified by touching water, Rāma learns the two sciences and shines with their power → after rendering the services owed to their teacher, the three spend the night comfortably beside the river.

1.21.18

tato rāmo jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śuciḥ
pratijagrāha te vidye maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
vidyāsamudito rāmaḥ śuśubhe bhūrivikramaḥ

Then Rāma, having touched water, his face gladdened and himself purified, received those two sciences from the great seer of purified soul; and Rāma, exalted by the sciences and of abundant valour, shone forth.

Words: tato — then; rāmo — Rāma; jalaṃ — water; spṛṣṭvā — having touched; prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ — his face gladdened; śuciḥ — purified, pure; pratijagrāha — received; te — those two; vidye — two sciences; maharṣer — from the great seer; bhāvitātmanaḥ — of purified soul; vidyāsamudito — exalted by the sciences; rāmaḥ — Rāma; śuśubhe — shone forth; bhūrivikramaḥ — of abundant valour

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.