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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.16

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: attracted by their unfamiliar appearance, he names himself and his father and invites them home

1.9.16

ṛṣiputravacaḥ śrutvā sarvāsāṃ matir āsa vai
tad āśramapadaṃ draṣṭuṃ jagmuḥ sarvāś ca tena ha

Hearing the seer's son's words, a desire arose in all of them, and all of them went with him indeed to see that hermitage.

Words: ṛṣiputravacaḥ — the words of the seer's son; śrutvā — having heard; sarvāsāṃ — of all (of them); matir — a desire, inclination; āsa — arose, was; vai — indeed; tad — that; āśramapadaṃ — hermitage-site; draṣṭuṃ — to see; jagmuḥ — went; sarvāś — all; ca — and; tena — with him; ha — indeed

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.