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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa. Rāma seeks seclusion beyond the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence, Bharadvāja recommends the food-rich mountain

In the sequence: Rāma introduces himself, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā and explains why they have come to live in the forest

2.48.12

nyavedayata cātmānaṃ tasmai lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ
putrau daśarathasyāvāṃ bhagavan rāmalakṣmaṇau

And the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa announced himself to him: “We two, revered one, are Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the sons of Daśaratha.”

Words: nyavedayata — announced, made known; cātmānaṃ — and himself; tasmai — to him; lakṣmaṇapūrvajaḥ — the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa; putrau — the two sons; daśarathasyāvāṃ — we two, of Daśaratha; bhagavan — O revered one; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

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.