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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.20

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.

2.111.20

itīva taiḥ prāñjalibhis tapasvibhir dvijaiḥ kṛtasvastyayanaḥ paraṃtapaḥ
vanaṃ sabhāryaḥ praviveśa rāghavaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ sūrya ivābhramaṇḍalam

So blessed with rites of well-being by those twice-born ascetics standing with joined palms, Rāghava, scorcher of foes, together with his wife and with Lakṣmaṇa, entered the forest as the sun enters a bank of clouds.

Words: itīva — thus, in such words; taiḥ — by those; prāñjalibhis — with joined palms; tapasvibhir — by the ascetics; dvijaiḥ — by the twice-born; kṛtasvastyayanaḥ — for whom a blessing of well-being was performed; paraṃtapaḥ — scorcher of foes; vanaṃ — the forest; sabhāryaḥ — together with his wife; praviveśa — entered; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; salakṣmaṇaḥ — together with Lakṣmaṇa; sūrya ivābhramaṇḍalam — as the sun a bank of clouds

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.