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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.34

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

3.10.34

aham apy etad eva tvāṃ vaktukāmaḥ salakṣmaṇam
agastyam abhigaccheti sītayā saha rāghava

“I too, Rāghava, was wishing to say this very thing to you and Lakṣmaṇa: ‘Go to Agastya, together with Sītā.’

Words: aham — I; apy — too, also; etad — this; eva — very; tvāṃ — to you; vaktukāmaḥ — wishing to say; salakṣmaṇam — with Lakṣmaṇa; agastyam — to Agastya; abhigaccheti — 'go' — thus; sītayā saha — together with Sītā; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.