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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.27
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
1.9.27
śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tāsāṃ sarvāsāṃ hṛdayaṃgamam
gamanāya matiṃ cakre taṃ ca ninyus tadā striyaḥ
Hearing the heart-winning speech of them all, he made up his mind to go; and the women then led him away.
Words: śrutvā — having heard; tu — and; vacanaṃ — the speech; tāsāṃ — of them; sarvāsāṃ — of all; hṛdayaṃgamam — heart-winning, touching the heart; gamanāya — for going; matiṃ — mind, resolve; cakre — made; taṃ — him; ca — and; ninyus — led away; tadā — then; striyaḥ — the women
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.