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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.85

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: hoping for the maharṣi's blessing, Rāma speaks of staying near him for the remaining exile and of the Devas and tapasvins who frequent his hermitage

3.10.85

eṣa lokārcitaḥ sādhur hite nityaṃ rataḥ satām
asmān adhigatān eṣa śreyasā yojayiṣyati

This holy man, honoured by the world, ever devoted to the welfare of the good, will unite us who have come to him with blessing.

Words: eṣa — this; lokārcitaḥ — honoured by the world; sādhur — the holy man; hite — in the welfare; nityaṃ — ever, constantly; rataḥ — devoted, delighting; satām — of the good; asmān — us; adhigatān — who have come, arrived; eṣa — this one; śreyasā — with blessing, good fortune; yojayiṣyati — will join, unite

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.