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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 86: Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa. The Mandākinī and leaf hut identify Rāma’s home, Bharata introduces the Queens and is urged not to blame Kaikeyī

In the sequence: he asks the way to his brother

2.86.7

āmantraye 'haṃ bhagavan kāmaṃ tvām ṛṣisattama
samīpaṃ prasthitaṃ bhrātur maireṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā

I take my leave of you now, O venerable best of sages; as I set out toward my brother, look upon me with a kindly eye.

Words: āmantraye — I take leave, bid farewell; 'haṃ — I; bhagavan — O venerable one; kāmaṃ — indeed, willingly; tvām — of you, you; ṛṣisattama — O best of sages; samīpaṃ — near, toward; prasthitaṃ — setting out; bhrātur — of my brother; maireṇekṣasva — look with a kindly (eye); cakṣuṣā — with the eye

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.