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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.27.14

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: continuing onward, Rāma notices a beautiful grove gleaming like a cloud beside a mountain, full of deer and sweet-voiced birds → contrasting it with the terrifying forest they have left, he asks whether this is the hermitage troubled by the rākṣasas.

1.27.14

sa ca tān rāghavo jñātvā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim
gacchann evātha madhuraṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abravīt

And Rāghava, having taken note of them, then, even as he walked on, spoke to the great sage Viśvāmitra these sweet and gentle words:

Words: sa — he; ca — and; tān — them; rāghavo — Rāghava; jñātvā — having understood, taken note of; viśvāmitraṃ — to Viśvāmitra; mahāmunim — the great sage; gacchann — walking, going along; evātha — even then; madhuraṃ — sweet; ślakṣṇaṃ — gentle, smooth; vacanam — words; abravīt — spoke

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.