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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.71
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
3.10.71
gamyatām iti tenokto jagāma raghunandanaḥ
yathoddiṣṭena mārgeṇa vanaṃ tac cāvalokayan
Told by him, “Go,” the delight of the Raghus set off by the road as directed, gazing upon that forest.
Words: gamyatām — 'go' (let it be gone); iti — thus; tenokto — addressed by him; jagāma — went; raghunandanaḥ — the delight of the Raghus; yathoddiṣṭena — as directed; mārgeṇa — by the road; vanaṃ — the forest; tac — that; cāvalokayan — and gazing upon
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.