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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.44.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Guha welcomes Rāma at the Gaṅgā. Rāma declines food and beds, asks for fodder for the horses and sleeps on the ground with Sītā after taking water

In the sequence: Rāma warmly thanks him but explains that his new way of life requires forest food and the discipline of tapas

2.44.17

padbhyām abhigamāc caiva snehasaṃdarśanena ca
bhujābhyāṃ sādhuvṛttābhyāṃ pīḍayan vākyam abravīt

by your coming on foot and by your show of affection'; and, pressing him with his two shapely arms, he spoke these words:

Words: padbhyām — with both feet, on foot; abhigamāc caiva — and by (your) approach; snehasaṃdarśanena ca — and by the show of affection; bhujābhyāṃ — with both arms; sādhuvṛttābhyāṃ — shapely, well-rounded; pīḍayan — pressing, embracing; vākyam — words; abravīt — spoke

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.