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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.22

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites. Lakṣmaṇa builds and roasts a black antelope, Rāma bathes and makes a protective offering before they enter

In the sequence: they enter the sheltered hut and settle into the forest → amid Citrakūṭa and the river Mālyavatī, Rāma finds relief from the sorrow of exile.

2.50.22

suramyam āsādya tu citrakūṭaṃ nadīṃ ca tāṃ mālyavatīṃ sutīrthām
nananda hṛṣṭo mṛgapakṣijuṣṭāṃ jahau ca duḥkhaṃ puravipravāsāt

Having reached the delightful Citrakūṭa and that river Mālyavatī with its fair fords, haunted by beasts and birds, Rāma rejoiced with a glad heart and cast off the sorrow of his exile from the city.

Words: suramyam — very delightful; āsādya — having reached; tu — and; citrakūṭaṃ — Citrakūṭa; nadīṃ — river; ca — and; tāṃ — that; mālyavatīṃ — the Mālyavatī; sutīrthām — with fair fords; nananda — rejoiced; hṛṣṭo — delighted, glad; mṛgapakṣijuṣṭāṃ — haunted by beasts and birds; jahau — cast off, abandoned; ca — and; duḥkhaṃ — sorrow; puravipravāsāt — from exile from the city

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.