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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.25

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: the women welcome him and invite him to their own supposed hermitage, promising still better hospitality → he agrees and goes with them

1.9.25

dṛṣṭvaiva ca tadā vipram āyāntaṃ hṛṣṭa mānasāḥ
upasṛtya tataḥ sarvās tās tam ūcur idaṃ vacaḥ

And as soon as they saw the brahmin coming, glad at heart, all those women drew near and then spoke these words to him:

Words: dṛṣṭvaiva — as soon as (they) saw; ca — and; tadā — then; vipram — the brahmin; āyāntaṃ — coming, approaching; hṛṣṭa — glad, delighted; mānasāḥ — at heart, in mind; upasṛtya — having drawn near; tataḥ — then; sarvās — all; tās — those; tam — to him; ūcur — spoke; idaṃ — this; vacaḥ — words

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.