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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.3.9
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: Bharata's appeal, the rites for Daśaratha, the sandals' authority, Nandigrāma, and the forest encounters, including Anasūyā and her gift of salve. The catalogue continues through Śūrpaṇakhā, Khara, Mārīca, Sītā's abduction, Jaṭāyu, Kabandha, Śabarī, Pampā, and Hanumān
1.3.9
vāstukarmaniveśaṃ ca bharatāgamanaṃ tathā
prasādanaṃ ca rāmasya pituś ca salilakriyām
the building and setting-up of a dwelling, and likewise the coming of Bharata; the conciliating of Rāma, and the water-rite for his father;
Words: vāstukarmaniveśaṃ — the construction and settling of a dwelling; ca — and; bharatāgamanaṃ — the coming of Bharata; tathā — likewise; prasādanaṃ ca — and the conciliating, propitiation; rāmasya — of Rāma; pituś ca — and of his father; salilakriyām — the water-rite (funerary offering)
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.