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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.3

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: Anasūyā embraces Sītā and thanks her for the account as the sun sets

2.111.3

rame 'haṃ kathayā te tu dṛṣḍhaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇi
ravir astaṃ gataḥ śrīmān upohya rajanīṃ śivām

I take great delight in your tale, O sweet-speaker; the glorious sun has gone to its setting, ushering in the auspicious night.

Words: rame — I delight; 'haṃ — I; kathayā — in the tale; te — your; tu — indeed; dṛṣḍhaṃ — firmly, greatly; madhurabhāṣiṇi — O sweet-speaker; ravir — the sun; astaṃ gataḥ — has gone to setting; śrīmān — glorious; upohya — having ushered in, brought on; rajanīṃ — the night; śivām — auspicious

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.