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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.26

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Ten years among the hermitages. Māṇḍakarṇi’s lake music is explained, years of visits lead toward Agastya, Rāma recounts his digestion of Vātāpi

In the sequence: they return to Sutīkṣṇa and remain with him for a time

3.10.26

parisṛtya ca dharmajño rāghavaḥ saha sītayā
sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ śrīmān punar evājagāma ha

And having wandered about, the glorious, dharma-knowing Rāghava, together with Sītā, came once again to the hermitage of Sutīkṣṇa.

Words: parisṛtya — having wandered about; ca — and; dharmajño — the knower of dharma; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; saha sītayā — together with Sītā; sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ — to the hermitage of Sutīkṣṇa; śrīmān — the glorious one; punar — again; evājagāma — indeed came; ha — indeed

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.