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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.109.7

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 travels with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa to Atri's hermitage, where they are warmly received

2.109.7

patnīṃ ca tam anuprāptāṃ vṛddhām āmantrya satkṛtām
sāntvayām āsa dharmajñaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ

And summoning his aged, honored wife who had come up to him, the righteous one, devoted to the welfare of all beings, spoke gently to her.

Words: patnīṃ ca — and (his) wife; tam — her; anuprāptāṃ — who had come to him; vṛddhām — aged; āmantrya — having addressed, summoned; satkṛtām — honored; sāntvayām āsa — he spoke gently, reassured; dharmajñaḥ — the knower of dharma; sarvabhūtahite rataḥ — devoted to the welfare of all beings

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.