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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.76.3

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

1.76.3

jāmadagnyo gato rāmaḥ prayātu caturaṅgiṇī
ayodhyābhimukhī senā tvayā nāthena pālitā

“Rāma the son of Jamadagni has gone; let the fourfold army, guarded by you its protector, set out, facing toward Ayodhyā.”

Words: jāmadagnyo — the son of Jamadagni; gato — has gone; rāmaḥ — Rāma; prayātu — let (it) set out; caturaṅgiṇī — the fourfold army; ayodhyābhimukhī — facing toward Ayodhyā; senā — the army; tvayā — by you; nāthena — the protector, lord; pālitā — guarded, protected

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.