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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.18

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma. Viśvāmitra recounts the pitṛdevas ’ transfer of a ram’s testicles to Indra, then Rāma enters the hermitage and Ahalyā’s hospitality ends her curse

In the sequence: both brothers bow at her feet → remembering Gautama's words, she welcomes them and offers pādya, arghya and ātithya, which Rāma accepts

1.48.18

pādyam arghyaṃ tathātithyaṃ cakāra susamāhitā
pratijagrāha kākutstho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

With full attention she made offering of water for the feet, the guest-offering, and hospitality; and Kākutstha accepted it with the rite prescribed by injunction.

Words: pādyam — water for the feet; arghyaṃ — the guest-offering; tathātithyaṃ — and hospitality; cakāra — made, performed; susamāhitā — well-composed, attentive; pratijagrāha — accepted, received; kākutstho — Kākutstha (Rāma); vidhidṛṣṭena — prescribed by rule; karmaṇā — with the rite, act

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.