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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 43: Rāma crosses Kosala’s rivers. He crosses the Vedaśruti, Gomatī & Syandikā, shows Sītā the ancestral lands and longs to see his parents again

In the sequence: Rāma points out to Sītā the prosperous country traditionally given by Manu to Ikṣvāku

2.43.12

sūta ity eva cābhāṣya sārathiṃ tam abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
haṃsamattasvaraḥ śrīmān uvāca puruṣarṣabhaḥ

And addressing that charioteer again and again with 'O charioteer,' the illustrious bull among men, his voice like an exultant swan's, spoke:

Words: sūta — 'O charioteer'; ity eva — thus indeed; cābhāṣya — and having addressed; sārathiṃ — the charioteer; tam — him, that; abhīkṣṇaśaḥ — again and again, repeatedly; haṃsamattasvaraḥ — with voice like an exultant swan; śrīmān — the illustrious one; uvāca — said, spoke; puruṣarṣabhaḥ — the bull among men

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.