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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.28.20

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Lakṣmaṇa joins the exile. He promises service to Rāma & Sītā and retrieves the paired bows, armour, quivers and swords from their teacher

In the sequence: Rāma asks his help in distributing their possessions among brāhmaṇas, tapasvins, and dependents → first, he is to bring Vasiṣṭha's son Suyajña.

2.28.20

vasiṣṭhaputraṃ tu suyajñam āryaṃ tvam ānayāśu pravaraṃ dvijānām
abhiprayāsyāmi vanaṃ samastān abhyarcya śiṣṭān aparān dvijātīn

But bring quickly the noble Suyajña, son of Vasiṣṭha, foremost of the brahmins; and after honouring all the other worthy twice-born, I shall set out for the forest.

Words: vasiṣṭhaputraṃ — the son of Vasiṣṭha; tu — but; suyajñam — Suyajña; āryaṃ — the noble; tvam — you; ānayāśu — bring quickly; pravaraṃ — the foremost; dvijānām — of the brahmins; abhiprayāsyāmi — I shall set out for; vanaṃ — the forest; samastān — all; abhyarcya — having honoured; śiṣṭān — the worthy, learned; aparān — the other; dvijātīn — twice-born

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.