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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.19

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

2.48.19

cirasya khalu kākutstha paśyāmi tvām ihāgatam
śrutaṃ tava mayā cedaṃ vivāsanam akāraṇam

“After a long time indeed, O Kākutstha, I see you come here; and I have heard this of your banishment, which was without cause.”

Words: cirasya — after a long time; khalu — indeed; kākutstha — O Kākutstha (descendant of Kakutstha); paśyāmi — I see; tvām — you; ihāgatam — come here; śrutaṃ — heard; tava — of you, your; mayā — by me; cedaṃ — and this; vivāsanam — banishment, exile; akāraṇam — without cause

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.