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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.17
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: he offers arghya (guest-water), pādya (foot-water), roots, and fruit → they accept but fear Vibhāṇḍaka's return
1.9.17
gatānāṃ tu tataḥ pūjām ṛṣiputraś cakāra ha
idam arghyam idaṃ pādyam idaṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ ca naḥ
Then the seer's son did honour to them as they arrived: “This is the guest-water, this the foot-water, and here are our roots and fruit.”
Words: gatānāṃ — to those who had come; tu — and; tataḥ — then; pūjām — honour, hospitality; ṛṣiputraś — the seer's son; cakāra — did, made; ha — indeed; idam — this; arghyam — the guest-water offering; idaṃ — this; pādyam — the foot-water; idaṃ — this; mūlaṃ — root; phalaṃ — fruit; ca — and; naḥ — our
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.