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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.25

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.

2.108.25

rāmaḥ saṃsādhya tv ṛṣigaṇam anugamanād deśāt tasmāccit kulapatim abhivādyarṣim
samyakprītais tair anumata upadiṣṭārthaḥ puṇyaṃ vāsāya svanilayam upasaṃpede

Rāma, having escorted the host of sages a little way from that region and saluted the sage who was the community's head, being permitted by them who were thoroughly pleased and instructed in his course, betook himself to his own holy abode to dwell.

Words: rāmaḥ — Rāma; saṃsādhya — having escorted, seen off; tv — and; ṛṣigaṇam — the host of sages; anugamanād — by accompanying (them a little way); deśāt — from the region; tasmāccit — from that very (region); kulapatim — the community's head; abhivādyarṣim — having saluted the sage; samyakprītais — by (them) thoroughly pleased; tair — by them; anumata — permitted; upadiṣṭārthaḥ — instructed in his course; puṇyaṃ — holy; vāsāya — for dwelling; svanilayam — his own abode; upasaṃpede — betook himself to, reached

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.