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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.16

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Vālmīki sees the whole narrative. Vālmīki sees the narrative through meditation and sets out its events, including those still to come

In the sequence: it names the alliance with Sugrīva, Vālin's death, Tārā's grief, the rainy-season stay, the mustering of the monkeys, and the search parties

1.3.16

vālipramathanaṃ caiva sugrīvapratipādanam
tārāvilāpasamayaṃ varṣarātrinivāsanam

the destruction of Vālin, and the establishing of Sugrīva; the occasion of Tārā’s lament; the dwelling through the rainy nights;

Words: vālipramathanaṃ — the crushing of Vālin; caiva — and; sugrīvapratipādanam — the installing of Sugrīva; tārāvilāpasamayaṃ — the occasion of Tārā’s lament; varṣarātrinivāsanam — the dwelling during the rainy nights

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.