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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.17

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: Sītā approaches the elderly woman, introduces herself, and bows

2.109.17

sītā tv etad vacaḥ śrutvā rāghavasya hitaiṣiṇī
tām atripatnīṃ dharmajñām abhicakrāma maithilī

But Sītā of Mithilā, well-wisher of Rāghava, hearing these words, went up to that wife of Atri, the knower of dharma.

Words: sītā — Sītā; tv — but; etad vacaḥ — these words; śrutvā — having heard; rāghavasya — of Rāghava; hitaiṣiṇī — the well-wisher (fem); tām — her; atripatnīṃ — the wife of Atri; dharmajñām — knower of dharma; abhicakrāma — went toward, approached; maithilī — the princess of Mithilā

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.