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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.8

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 brothers ask Dharmabhṛt to explain.

3.10.8

tataḥ kautūhalād rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahārathaḥ
muniṃ dharmabhṛtaṃ nāma praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame

Then Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior, out of curiosity set about questioning the sage named Dharmabhṛt.

Words: tataḥ — then; kautūhalād — out of curiosity; rāmo — Rāma; lakṣmaṇaś — Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and; mahārathaḥ — the great chariot-warrior; muniṃ — the sage; dharmabhṛtaṃ — Dharmabhṛt (upholder of dharma); nāma — by name; praṣṭuṃ — to question; samupacakrame — set about, began

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.