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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā. The ṛṣis invite the princes to Janaka’s sacrifice and the bow no suitor has strung, a camp beside the Śoṇā prompts the region’s history

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra takes leave of the vanadevatās, saying that he will journey toward the Himālaya on the Gaṅgā’s northern bank → he circles Siddhāśrama and sets out northward with the princes and ṛṣis

1.30.13

evam uktvā munivaraḥ prasthānam akarot tadā
sarṣisaṃghaḥ sakākutstha āmantrya vanadevatāḥ

Having spoken thus, the excellent sage then set out, together with the throng of seers and with the Kākutsthas, taking leave of the forest deities.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having said; munivaraḥ — the excellent sage; prasthānam — departure, setting-out; akarot — made; tadā — then; sarṣisaṃghaḥ — together with the throng of seers; sakākutstha — together with the Kākutsthas; āmantrya — having taken leave of; vanadevatāḥ — the forest deities

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.