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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.34.9

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: they bathe, perform tarpaṇa for the pitṛs and devatās, offer agnihotra oblations and eat the havis (sacrificial food), and sit around their teacher

1.34.9

viviśur jāhnavītīre śucau muditamānasāḥ
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ parivārya samantataḥ

they settled on the pure bank of the Jāhnavī with glad hearts, surrounding the great-souled Viśvāmitra on every side.

Words: viviśur — they settled, took their places; jāhnavītīre — on the bank of the Jāhnavī; śucau — pure (loc.); muditamānasāḥ — with glad hearts; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; mahātmānaṃ — the great-souled; parivārya — having surrounded; samantataḥ — on all sides

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.