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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.21

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 73: Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home. Janaka gives bridal wealth and the company leaves Mithilā, mixed omens and a dust-darkened sky precede Paraśurāma’s armed appearance

In the sequence: they welcome him with the guest-offering → he accepts, then addresses Daśaratha's Rāma.

1.73.21

evam uktvārghyam ādāya bhārgavaṃ bhīmadarśanam
ṛṣayo rāma rāmeti madhurāṃ vācam abruvan

Having spoken thus, and taking up the guest-offering, the seers addressed the fearsome-looking Bhārgava in sweet words, “Rāma! Rāma!”

Words: evam — thus; uktvārghyam — having spoken, the guest-offering; ādāya — having taken up; bhārgavaṃ — the Bhārgava (Paraśurāma, of Bhṛgu's line); bhīmadarśanam — of fearsome appearance; ṛṣayo — the seers; rāma rāmeti — “Rāma, Rāma”; madhurāṃ — sweet; vācam — words, speech; abruvan — spoke

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.