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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.6

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

2.5.6

abhyetya tvaramāṇaś ca rathābhyāśaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ
tato 'vatārayām āsa parigṛhya rathāt svayam

Hurrying up close to the chariot of the wise one, he then himself took hold of him and helped him down from the chariot.

Words: abhyetya — having approached; tvaramāṇaś — hastening; ca — and; rathābhyāśaṃ — to the vicinity of the chariot; manīṣiṇaḥ — of the wise one; tato — then; 'vatārayām āsa — helped down, caused to descend; parigṛhya — having taken hold; rathāt — from the chariot; svayam — himself

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.