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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.34.5

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: Rāma asks which route they should use to cross the fordable Śoṇā → Viśvāmitra points out the maharṣis' path

1.34.5

evam uktas tu rāmeṇa viśvāmitro 'bravīd idam
eṣa panthā mayoddiṣṭo yena yānti maharṣayaḥ

Addressed thus by Rāma, Viśvāmitra said this: “This is the path pointed out by me, by which the great seers go.”

Words: evam uktas — addressed thus; tu — and; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; 'bravīd — said; idam — this; eṣa — this; panthā — path; mayoddiṣṭo — pointed out by me; yena — by which; yānti — go, travel; maharṣayaḥ — the great seers

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.