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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.16

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 109: Rāma leaves Citrakūṭa for Atri. Family memories and the army’s animal waste prompt departure, Atri recounts Anasūyā’s relief of a ten-year drought and sends Sītā to her

In the sequence: he asks Sītā to visit her, and Rāma encourages her to do so

2.109.16

anasūyeti yā loke karmabhiḥ kyātim āgatā
tāṃ śīghram abhigaccha tvam abhigamyāṃ tapasvinīm

Go quickly, you, to that ascetic woman, worthy to be approached, who in the world has won renown by her deeds as ‘Anasūyā.’”

Words: anasūyeti — as 'Anasūyā'; yā — who; loke — in the world; karmabhiḥ — by (her) deeds; kyātim — renown; āgatā — has attained, come to; tāṃ — her; śīghram — quickly; abhigaccha — approach, go to; tvam — you; abhigamyāṃ — worthy to be approached; tapasvinīm — the ascetic woman

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.