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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.6

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: near day's end Rāma notices smoke, hears the waters meeting, and sees cut timber and signs of a hermitage → they reach the muni Bharadvāja’s dwelling at Prayāga

2.48.6

nūnaṃ prāptāḥ sma saṃbhedaṃ gaṅgāyamunayor vayam
tathā hi śrūyate śambdo vāriṇā vārighaṭṭitaḥ

“Surely we have reached the meeting of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, for so is heard the sound of water dashed against water.”

Words: nūnaṃ — surely, certainly; prāptāḥ — reached, arrived at; sma — (with prāptāḥ = have reached); saṃbhedaṃ — the confluence, meeting; gaṅgāyamunayor — of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā; vayam — we; tathā hi — for so, indeed; śrūyate — is heard; śambdo — the sound; vāriṇā — by the water; vārighaṭṭitaḥ — water dashed (against water)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.