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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: Rāma cannot persuade the departing group to stay → he escorts them part of the way, pays his respects, and returns to his dwelling → although that community has gone, the account says other tapasvins continue to accompany him.

2.108.24

abhinandya samāpṛcchya samādhāya ca rāghavam
sa jagāmāśramaṃ tyaktvā kulaiḥ kulapatiḥ saha

Having greeted, taken leave of, and reassured Rāghava, the head of the community abandoned the hermitage and departed together with his families.

Words: abhinandya — having greeted; samāpṛcchya — having taken leave; samādhāya ca — and having reassured, comforted; rāghavam — Rāghava; sa — he; jagāmāśramaṃ — went ... the hermitage; tyaktvā — having abandoned; kulaiḥ — with the families; kulapatiḥ — the head of the community; saha — together with

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.