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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 5: Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa. He establishes Rāma & Sītā’s fast with sacred formulas and reports to Daśaratha as Ayodhyā decorates its streets

In the sequence: Rāma comes out to welcome the muni and personally helps him down from his chariot

2.5.3

tatheti ca sa rājānam uktvā vedavidāṃ varaḥ
svayaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavān yayau rāmaniveśanam

“So be it,” said the blessed Vasiṣṭha, best of those who know the Vedas, to the king, and he himself went to Rāma's dwelling.

Words: tatheti — ‘so be it’; ca — and; sa — he; rājānam — to the king; uktvā — having said; vedavidāṃ — of the knowers of the Vedas; varaḥ — the best; svayaṃ — himself; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; bhagavān — the blessed one; yayau — went; rāmaniveśanam — to Rāma's dwelling

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.