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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.28

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 reaches Sītā's recovery, the flight home, Bharata's reunion, Rāma's abhiṣeka, the armies' dismissal, and the later banishment of Sītā → Vālmīki also records what is still to come in the Uttarakāṇḍa.

1.3.28

rāmābhiṣekābhyudayaṃ sarvasainyavisarjanam
svarāṣṭrarañjanaṃ caiva vaidehyāś ca visarjanam

the festal consecration of Rāma; the disbanding of all the armies; the delighting of his own realm; and (later) the banishment of Vaidehī (Sītā);

Words: rāmābhiṣekābhyudayaṃ — the festive consecration of Rāma; sarvasainyavisarjanam — the dismissal of all the armies; svarāṣṭrarañjanaṃ — the delighting of his own realm; caiva — and; vaidehyāś ca — and of Vaidehī (Sītā); visarjanam — the banishment, sending-away

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.