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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.15

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

2.48.15

pitrā niyuktā bhagavan praveṣyāmas tapovanam
dharmam evācariṣyāmas tatra mūlaphalāśanāḥ

“Enjoined by my father, revered one, we shall enter the penance-grove; there, living on roots and fruits, we shall practise dharma alone.”

Words: pitrā — by (my) father; niyuktā — enjoined, appointed; bhagavan — O revered one; praveṣyāmas — we shall enter; tapovanam — the penance-grove; dharmam — dharma, righteousness; evācariṣyāmas — alone we shall practise; tatra — there; mūlaphalāśanāḥ — eating roots and fruits

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.