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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.70
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
3.10.70
abhivādaye tvā bhagavan sukham adhyuṣito niśām
āmantraye tvāṃ gacchāmi guruṃ te draṣṭum agrajam
“I salute you, venerable one; I have passed the night in comfort. I take my leave of you; I go to see your elder brother, my venerable master.”
Words: abhivādaye — I salute; tvā — you; bhagavan — O venerable one; sukham — comfortably; adhyuṣito — having dwelt, spent; niśām — the night; āmantraye — I take leave of; tvāṃ — you; gacchāmi — I go; guruṃ — the venerable one, elder; te — your; draṣṭum — to see; agrajam — the elder-born (brother)
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.