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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.76.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life. Rāma gives the bow to Varuṇa and comforts Daśaratha, Ayodhyā welcomes the couples and Rāma & Sītā grow in mutual affection

In the sequence: he salutes the ṛṣis and reassures his distressed father that the danger has passed and they can resume their journey

1.76.2

abhivādya tato rāmo vasiṣṭha pramukhān ṛṣīn
pitaraṃ vihvalaṃ dṛṣṭvā provāca raghunandanaḥ

Then Rāma, having saluted the seers led by Vasiṣṭha, and seeing his father distraught, spoke — that delight of the Raghus:

Words: abhivādya — having saluted; tato — then; rāmo — Rāma; vasiṣṭha — Vasiṣṭha-; pramukhān — led by, foremost; ṛṣīn — the seers; pitaraṃ — father; vihvalaṃ — distraught, agitated; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; provāca — spoke; raghunandanaḥ — the delight of the Raghus

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.