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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.8

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

1.3.8

gaṅgāyāś cābhisaṃtāraṃ bharadvājasya darśanam
bharadvājābhyanujñānāc citrakūṭasya darśanam

the crossing of the Gaṅgā; the visit to Bharadvāja; and, by Bharadvāja’s leave, the sighting of Citrakūṭa;

Words: gaṅgāyāś — of the Gaṅgā; cābhisaṃtāraṃ — and the crossing over; bharadvājasya — of Bharadvāja; darśanam — the seeing, visit; bharadvājābhyanujñānāc — by the leave of Bharadvāja; citrakūṭasya — of Citrakūṭa; darśanam — the sighting

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.