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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Worship before the abhiṣeka. Rāma worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, offers havis and eats its remainder, they sleep on kuśa as Ayodhyā celebrates

In the sequence: Rāma bathes, worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, makes an āhuti (oblation) into Agni, eats the remaining havis, and lies with her on a grass bed in Viṣṇu's shrine

2.6.1

gate purohite rāmaḥ snāto niyatamānasaḥ
saha patnyā viśālākṣyā nārāyaṇam upāgamat

When the family priest had gone, Rāma, bathed and with mind controlled, together with his large-eyed wife approached Nārāyaṇa.

Words: gate purohite — when the family priest had gone; rāmaḥ — Rāma; snāto — bathed; niyatamānasaḥ — with mind controlled; saha — together with; patnyā — his wife; viśālākṣyā — large-eyed; nārāyaṇam — Nārāyaṇa; upāgamat — approached

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.