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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.22.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 22: Story of Kāma: The loss of his body. At the Sarayū–Gaṅgā confluence, Viśvāmitra recounts how Śiva’s fiery gaze destroyed Kāma’s body, the travellers stay at the hermitage

In the sequence: At dawn Viśvāmitra wakes Rāma for saṃdhyā (twilight worship) → the brothers bathe, offer water, recite the prayer, salute their teacher, and set out

1.22.3

tasyarṣeḥ paramodāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā nṛpātmajau
snātvā kṛtodakau vīrau jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam

Hearing that most noble speech of the seer, the two princes bathed, made their water-offerings, and, the two heroes, recited the supreme prayer.

Words: tasyarṣeḥ — of that seer; paramodāraṃ — most noble; vacaḥ — speech; śrutvā — having heard; nṛpātmajau — the two princes; snātvā — having bathed; kṛtodakau — the two having made the water-offering; vīrau — the two heroes; jepatuḥ — the two recited; paramaṃ — supreme; japam — the muttered prayer

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.