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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.17
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
2.111.17
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyām abhiṣicya hutāgnikān
āpṛcchetāṃ naravyāghrau tāpasān vanagocarān
When that night had passed, the two tigers among men, having bathed, took their leave of the forest-ranging ascetics who had duly offered their fire-oblations.
Words: tasyāṃ rātryāṃ — in that night; vyatītāyām — having passed; abhiṣicya — having bathed, performed ablutions; hutāgnikān — those who had offered the fire-oblations; āpṛcchetāṃ — the two took leave (dual); naravyāghrau — the two tigers among men; tāpasān — the ascetics; vanagocarān — ranging in the forest
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.