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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.27.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Divine weapons: Rāma learns their withdrawal. Rāma learns their withdrawal, permits the embodied powers to depart and asks about the beautiful hermitage ahead

In the sequence: he permits them to go where they wish, asking that they dwell in his mind and help when needed → they circle him reverently and depart

1.27.13

atha te rāmam āmantrya kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
evam astv iti kākutstham uktvā jagmur yathāgatam

Then they, taking leave of Rāma and circumambulating him reverently, said to Kākutstha “So be it,” and departed as they had come.

Words: atha — then; te — they; rāmam — Rāma; āmantrya — having taken leave of; kṛtvā — having made, done; cāpi — and also; pradakṣiṇam — circumambulation (keeping to the right); evam — so, thus; astv — let it be; iti — thus; kākutstham — to Kākutstha; uktvā — having said; jagmur — they went, departed; yathāgatam — as they had come

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.