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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 9: Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage. Courtesans lure Ṛṣyaśṛṅga from his father’s forest hermitage, rain ends Aṅga’s drought and Romapāda gives him Śāntā in marriage

In the sequence: Ṛṣyaśṛṅga normally stays close to his father, but one day encounters them → singing sweetly, they approach and ask his identity and way of life

1.9.10

tataḥ kadā cit taṃ deśam ājagāma yadṛcchayā
vibhāṇḍakasutas tatra tāś cāpaśyad varāṅganāḥ

Then once, by chance, the son of Vibhāṇḍaka came to that spot, and there he saw those lovely women.

Words: tataḥ — then; kadā cit — once, at some time; taṃ — that; deśam — place, spot; ājagāma — came; yadṛcchayā — by chance; vibhāṇḍakasutas — the son of Vibhāṇḍaka; tatra — there; tāś — those; cāpaśyad — and saw; varāṅganāḥ — lovely women

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.