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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.22.7

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 the meeting of the Sarayū and Gaṅgā they see an ancient hermitage and ask whose it is

1.22.7

taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītau rāghavau puṇyam āśramam
ūcatus taṃ mahātmānaṃ viśvāmitram idaṃ vacaḥ

Seeing that holy hermitage, the two Rāghavas, greatly delighted, spoke this word to that great-souled Viśvāmitra:

Words: taṃ — that; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; paramaprītau — the two greatly delighted; rāghavau — the two Rāghavas; puṇyam — holy; āśramam — hermitage; ūcatus — the two said; taṃ — to that; mahātmānaṃ — great-souled; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; idaṃ — this; vacaḥ — word

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.