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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 111: Departure from Atri’s hermitage. Sītā wears Anasūyā’s gifts, Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa receive warnings of rākṣasas and take the forest path

In the sequence: she asks Sītā to put on the gifts before returning to Rāma

2.111.10

gamyatām anujānāmi rāmasyānucarī bhava
kathayantyā hi madhuraṃ tvayāhaṃ paritoṣitā

Go now — I give you leave; be your Rāma's companion. For by you, telling your tale so sweetly, I have been well contented.

Words: gamyatām — let there be going, go now; anujānāmi — I give leave; rāmasyānucarī — Rāma's companion; bhava — be; kathayantyā — by (you) telling; hi — for; madhuraṃ — sweetly; tvayāhaṃ — by you I; paritoṣitā — well pleased, contented

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.