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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.7
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: the interrupted abhiṣeka, exile, Daśaratha's death, the citizens' grief, the Niṣāda chief, the charioteer's dismissal, and the journeys across the Gaṅgā to Bharadvāja and Citrakūṭa
1.3.7
prakṛtīnāṃ viṣādaṃ ca prakṛtīnāṃ visarjanam
niṣādādhipasaṃvādaṃ sūtopāvartanaṃ tathā
the dejection of the subjects, and the dismissal of the subjects; the conversation with the lord of the Niṣādas, and likewise the sending-back of the charioteer;
Words: prakṛtīnāṃ — of the subjects, the people; viṣādaṃ ca — and the dejection, despair; prakṛtīnāṃ — of the subjects; visarjanam — the dismissal, sending-away; niṣādādhipasaṃvādaṃ — the conversation with the Niṣāda chief; sūtopāvartanaṃ — the turning-back of the charioteer; tathā — likewise
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.