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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.69
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: the next morning Rāma takes leave to visit Agastya and follows the indicated road
3.10.69
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ vimale sūryamaṇḍale
bhrātaraṃ tam agastyasya āmantrayata rāghavaḥ
When that night had passed and the orb of the sun was bright, Rāghava took leave of that brother of Agastya.
Words: tasyāṃ — that; rātryāṃ — night; vyatītāyāṃ — having passed; vimale — clear, bright; sūryamaṇḍale — the orb of the sun; bhrātaraṃ — the brother; tam — that; agastyasya — of Agastya; āmantrayata — took leave of; rāghavaḥ — 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.