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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.34.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters. Himavat gives Gaṅgā to the Devas for the worlds’ welfare, while Umā undertakes austerity and marries Śiva

In the sequence: At dawn Viśvāmitra wakes Rāma, and the company prepares to travel after the morning rites

1.34.3

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīṃ kriyām
gamanaṃ rocayām āsa vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha

Hearing those words of his, and having performed the morning rite, he made ready to depart and spoke these words:

Words: tac — that; chrutvā — having heard; vacanaṃ — words; tasya — his; kṛtvā — having performed; paurvāhṇikīṃ — of the morning, matutinal; kriyām — rite, act; gamanaṃ — departure; rocayām āsa — made ready for, resolved on; vākyaṃ — words; cedam — and this; uvāca — spoke; ha — indeed

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.