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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.43.15

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: speaking with Sumantra, he wonders when he will return to his parents and once again visit the Sarayū's woods.

2.43.15

sa tam adhvānam aikṣvākaḥ sūtaṃ madhurayā girā
taṃ tam artham abhipretya yayauvākyam udīrayan

Uttering to the charioteer, in sweet speech, words aimed now at this matter and now at that, the scion of Ikṣvāku traversed that road.

Words: sa — he; tam — that; adhvānam — the road, journey; aikṣvākaḥ — the scion of Ikṣvāku; sūtaṃ — to the charioteer; madhurayā — with sweet; girā — speech, voice; taṃ tam artham — now this, now that matter; abhipretya — having in mind, aiming at; yayauvākyam — traversed (it); words; udīrayan — uttering, speaking forth

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.