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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.15

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: the travelers spend the night at the hermitage → in the morning they bathe and take leave

2.111.15

prahṛṣṭas tv abhavad rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ
maithilyāḥ satkriyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mānuṣeṣu sudurlabhām

Rāma was overjoyed, and so was Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior, at seeing Maithilī so honored with a hospitality scarcely to be won among mortals.

Words: prahṛṣṭas — overjoyed; tv — indeed; abhavad — became; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇaś ca — and Lakṣmaṇa; mahārathaḥ — the great chariot-warrior; maithilyāḥ — of Maithilī; satkriyāṃ — the honoring, hospitality; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; mānuṣeṣu — among mortals; sudurlabhām — very hard to obtain

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.