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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.33

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: Sutīkṣṇa says he had already wished to recommend the visit

3.10.33

iti rāmasya sa muniḥ śrutvā dharmātmano vacaḥ
sutīkṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prīto daśarathātmajam

Hearing this speech of the righteous Rāma, the sage Sutīkṣṇa, pleased, replied thus to the son of Daśaratha:

Words: iti — thus; rāmasya — of Rāma; sa — that; muniḥ — the sage; śrutvā — having heard; dharmātmano — of the righteous one; vacaḥ — speech, words; sutīkṣṇaḥ — Sutīkṣṇa; pratyuvācedaṃ — replied this; prīto — pleased; daśarathātmajam — the son of Daśaratha

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.