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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.31

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: one day Rāma asks where Agastya lives: he has often heard of the maharṣi and longs to visit, but does not know the location in the vast forest

3.10.31

prasādāt tatra bhavataḥ sānujaḥ saha sītayā
agastyam abhigaccheyam abhivādayituṃ munim

By your grace I would go there, with my brother and with Sītā, to Agastya, to salute the sage.

Words: prasādāt — by the grace; tatra — there; bhavataḥ — of your honour; sānujaḥ — with (my) younger brother; saha sītayā — together with Sītā; agastyam — to Agastya; abhigaccheyam — I would go; abhivādayituṃ — to salute; munim — the sage

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.