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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.8
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
2.48.8
dhanvinau tau sukhaṃ gatvā lambamāne divākare
gaṅgāyamunayoḥ saṃdhau prāpatur nilayaṃ muneḥ
The two bowmen, travelling easily, as the sun was sinking, arrived at the sage's dwelling at the junction of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā.
Words: dhanvinau — the two bowmen; tau — those two; sukhaṃ — easily, comfortably; gatvā — having gone; lambamāne — as it was hanging low, sinking; divākare — the sun (sinking); gaṅgāyamunayoḥ — of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā; saṃdhau — at the junction, meeting; prāpatur — the two reached; nilayaṃ — dwelling, abode; muneḥ — of the sage
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.