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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.16

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

2.111.16

tatas tāṃ sarvarīṃ prītaḥ puṇyāṃ śaśinibhānanaḥ
arcitas tāpasaiḥ siddhair uvāsa raghunandanaḥ

Then that delight of the Raghus, his face like the moon, gladdened and honored by the perfected ascetics, passed that holy night.

Words: tatas — then; tāṃ sarvarīṃ — that night; prītaḥ — glad, pleased; puṇyāṃ — holy; śaśinibhānanaḥ — with a face like the moon; arcitas — honored; tāpasaiḥ — by the ascetics; siddhair — perfected, accomplished; uvāsa — dwelt, passed; raghunandanaḥ — delight of the Raghus

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.