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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.4

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: a gentle, dust-free wind blows, flowers fall, and divine drums and conches sound

1.21.4

tato vāyuḥ sukhasparśo virajasko vavau tadā
viśvāmitragataṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājīvalocanam

Then a wind, pleasant to the touch and free of dust, blew, on seeing the lotus-eyed Rāma now in Viśvāmitra's charge.

Words: tato — then; vāyuḥ — the wind; sukhasparśo — pleasant to the touch; virajasko — free of dust; vavau — blew; tadā — then; viśvāmitragataṃ — gone over to Viśvāmitra; rāmaṃ — Rāma; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rājīvalocanam — the lotus-eyed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.