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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.86

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

3.10.86

ārādhayiṣyāmy atrāham agastyaṃ taṃ mahāmunim
śeṣaṃ ca vanavāsasya saumya vatsyāmy ahaṃ prabho

Here I shall propitiate that great sage Agastya, and the remainder of our forest-dwelling, gentle brother, I shall pass here, my dear one.

Words: ārādhayiṣyāmy — I shall propitiate, worship; atrāham — here I; agastyaṃ — Agastya; taṃ — that; mahāmunim — great sage; śeṣaṃ — the remainder; ca — and; vanavāsasya — of the forest-dwelling; saumya — O gentle one; vatsyāmy — I shall dwell, spend; ahaṃ — I; prabho — O dear one, master

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.