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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.46.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Rāma crosses the Gaṅgā. He sends Sumantra back as proof of departure, forms matted locks with banyan sap and crosses while Sītā prays

In the sequence: Rāma asks him to support the aging, distressed Daśaratha and carry the assurance that all three will return after fourteen years

2.46.14

tatas tu vigate bāṣpe sūtaṃ spṛṣṭodakaṃ śucim
rāmas tu madhuraṃ vākyaṃ punaḥ punar uvāca tam

Then, when the charioteer's tears had passed and he had touched water and grown pure, Rāma spoke to him sweet words again and again:

Words: tatas tu — then; vigate bāṣpe — when the tears had gone (loc. abs.); sūtaṃ — the charioteer; spṛṣṭodakaṃ — who had touched water; śucim — pure; rāmas tu — but Rāma; madhuraṃ — sweet; vākyaṃ — words; punaḥ punar — again and again; uvāca — spoke; tam — to him

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.