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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.42

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 take leave and set out that day. Along the road, Rāma recognizes signs of Agastya's brother's hermitage: fruit-laden trees, the scent of long-pepper, gathered firewood, cut darbha grass, sacrificial smoke, and munis making offerings

3.10.42

iti rāmo muneḥ śrutvā saha bhrātrābhivādya ca
pratasthe 'gastyam uddiśya sānujaḥ saha sītayā

Having heard this from the sage, Rāma, together with his brother, took his leave and, with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, set out making for Agastya.

Words: iti — thus; rāmo — Rāma; muneḥ — from the sage; śrutvā — having heard; saha bhrātrābhivādya — and having saluted, with his brother; ca — and; pratasthe — set out; 'gastyam — Agastya; uddiśya — making for, aiming at; sānujaḥ — with his younger brother; saha sītayā — together with Sītā

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.