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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.19
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 tapasvins warn them that rākṣasas infest the forest ahead and show them the path used for gathering fruit → after receiving blessings, Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa enter the forest, bringing Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa to its close.
2.111.19
eṣa panthā maharṣīṇāṃ phalāny āharatāṃ vane
anena tu vanaṃ durgaṃ gantuṃ rāghava te kṣamam
“This is the path of the great sages who gather fruits in the forest; by it, Rāghava, it will be fitting for you to traverse the trackless wood.”
Words: eṣa panthā — this is the path; maharṣīṇāṃ — of the great sages; phalāny — fruits; āharatāṃ — of (those) gathering; vane — in the forest; anena — by this; tu — indeed; vanaṃ durgaṃ — the impassable forest; gantuṃ — to go, traverse; rāghava — O Rāghava; te — for you; kṣamam — fitting, proper
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.