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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.13

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

2.48.13

bhāryā mameyaṃ vaidehī kalyāṇī janakātmajā
māṃ cānuyātā vijanaṃ tapovanam aninditā

“This is my wife, the Videhan princess, the auspicious daughter of Janaka, and, blameless, she has followed me to the solitary penance-grove.”

Words: bhāryā — wife; mameyaṃ — this (is) mine; vaidehī — the Videhan (princess); kalyāṇī — auspicious, fair; janakātmajā — daughter of Janaka; māṃ — me; cānuyātā — and has followed; vijanaṃ — to the solitary (place); tapovanam — the penance-grove; aninditā — the blameless one

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.