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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.5

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: she points out the evening scene: birds returning to rest, munis coming back from bathing, smoke rising from agnihotras, darkness gathering, and the moon appearing

2.111.5

ete cāpy abhiṣekārdrā munayaḥ phalaśodhanāḥ
sahitā upavartante salilāplutavalkalāḥ

And here these sages, wet from their ablutions and having cleansed their fruit, return together, their bark-garments drenched with water.

Words: ete — these; cāpy — and also; abhiṣekārdrā — wet from ablution; munayaḥ — the sages; phalaśodhanāḥ — having cleansed their fruit; sahitā — together; upavartante — return, approach; salilāplutavalkalāḥ — with bark-garments drenched in water

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.