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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.9

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: Rāma introduces himself, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā and explains why they have come to live in the forest

2.48.9

rāmas tv āśramam āsādya trāsayan mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
gatvā muhūrtam adhvānaṃ bharadvājam upāgamat

Rāma, reaching the āśrama and startling the beasts and birds, after going a little way came up to Bharadvāja.

Words: rāmas — Rāma; tv — and, but; āśramam — the āśrama; āsādya — having reached, approached; trāsayan — startling, frightening; mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ — the beasts and birds; gatvā — having gone; muhūrtam — for a moment, a little while; adhvānaṃ — (along) the way, road; bharadvājam — to Bharadvāja; upāgamat — came up to, approached

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.