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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.19

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.

1.21.19

gurukāryāṇi sarvāṇi niyujya kuśikātmaje
ūṣus tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra sarayvāṃ susukhaṃ trayaḥ

Having rendered upon the son of Kuśika all the services due to a preceptor, the three passed that night there on the Sarayū in great comfort.

Words: gurukāryāṇi — the duties toward a teacher; sarvāṇi — all; niyujya — having applied, rendered; kuśikātmaje — upon the son of Kuśika (Viśvāmitra); ūṣus — they dwelt, passed; tāṃ — that; rajanīṃ — night; tatra — there; sarayvāṃ — on the Sarayū; susukhaṃ — in great comfort; trayaḥ — the three

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.