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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.18

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

1.9.18

pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ sarvā eva samutsukāḥ
ṛṣer bhītāś ca śīghraṃ tu gamanāya matiṃ dadhuḥ

Accepting that hospitality, all of them, eager yet afraid of the seer (his father), quickly resolved to depart.

Words: pratigṛhya — having accepted; tu — and; tāṃ — that; pūjāṃ — hospitality, honour; sarvā — all; eva — indeed; samutsukāḥ — eager, anxious; ṛṣer — of the seer; bhītāś — afraid; ca — and; śīghraṃ — quickly; tu — but; gamanāya — for departure; matiṃ — mind, resolve; dadhuḥ — they set, made up

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.