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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.7

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

2.5.7

sa cainaṃ praśritaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃbhāṣyābhiprasādya ca
priyārhaṃ harṣayan rāmam ity uvāca purohitaḥ

And the family priest, seeing him so modest, addressing and graciously pleasing him, gladdening Rāma who deserved kindness, spoke thus:

Words: sa — he; cainaṃ — and him; praśritaṃ — modest, humble; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; saṃbhāṣyābhiprasādya — having addressed and graciously pleased; ca — and; priyārhaṃ — deserving of kindness; harṣayan — gladdening; rāmam — Rāma; ity — thus; uvāca — said; purohitaḥ — the family priest

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.