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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.10

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection. They welcome Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and claim the King’s protection as subjects who have renounced force

In the sequence: the munis welcome him and Sītā with blessings and gaze in wonder at all three travelers

3.1.10

divyajñānopapannās te rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ
abhyagacchaṃs tadā prītā vaidehīṃ ca yaśasvinīm

Those great seers, endowed with divine knowledge, on seeing Rāma then came forward with delight, and to the illustrious Vaidehī (Sītā) too.

Words: divyajñānopapannās — endowed with divine knowledge; te — those; rāmaṃ — Rāma; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; maharṣayaḥ — the great seers; abhyagacchaṃs — came forward, approached; tadā — then; prītā — delighted; vaidehīṃ — Vaidehī (Sītā); ca — and; yaśasvinīm — the illustrious (fem.)

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.