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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King. Śatānanda confirms Ahalyā’s release, then recounts how King Viśvāmitra’s travels with his army brought him to Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra assures him that everything required was done and the couple reunited

1.50.11

nātikrāntaṃ muniśreṣṭha yat kartavyaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā
saṃgatā muninā patnī bhārgaveṇeva reṇukā

“Nothing has been omitted, O best of sages; what ought to be done has been done by me; the wife was reunited with the sage, as Reṇukā with the Bhārgava (Jamadagni).”

Words: nātikrāntaṃ — nothing overstepped/omitted; muniśreṣṭha — O best of sages; yat — what; kartavyaṃ — to be done; kṛtaṃ — done; mayā — by me; saṃgatā — reunited, joined; muninā — with the sage; patnī — the wife; bhārgaveṇeva — as with the Bhārgava (Jamadagni); reṇukā — Reṇukā

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.