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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.32

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 recommends Citrakūṭa, ten krośas away, with abundant food, animals, and places frequented by maharṣis → they spend the night as his guests, and at dawn he sends them toward the mountain.

2.48.32

prabhātāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu bharadvājam upāgamat
uvāca naraśārdūlo muniṃ jvalitatejasaṃ

When the night had brightened into dawn, that tiger among men went up to Bharadvāja and spoke to the sage of blazing splendour:

Words: prabhātāyāṃ — having brightened (into dawn); rajanyāṃ — the night; tu — but, and; bharadvājam — to Bharadvāja; upāgamat — went up to, approached; uvāca — spoke, said; naraśārdūlo — the tiger among men; muniṃ — to the sage; jvalitatejasaṃ — of blazing splendour

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.