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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.16

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: Bharadvāja receives him with a cow, the arghya guest-offering, and water, welcomes him, and invites them to remain at the sacred confluence

2.48.16

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ
upānayata dharmātmā gām arghyam udakaṃ tataḥ

Hearing that speech of the wise prince, the righteous one then brought forward a cow, the arghya-offering and water.

Words: tasya — his, of that; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; rājaputrasya — of the prince; dhīmataḥ — of the wise one; upānayata — brought forward, offered; dharmātmā — the righteous one; gām — a cow; arghyam — the arghya (respectful offering); udakaṃ — water; tataḥ — then

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.