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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.92

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: he sends Lakṣmaṇa ahead to announce their arrival.

3.10.92

āgatāḥ smāśramapadaṃ saumitre praviśāgrataḥ
nivedayeha māṃ prāptam ṛṣaye saha sītayā

We have reached the hermitage, Saumitri; go in ahead, and here announce me, arrived with Sītā, to the seer.

Words: āgatāḥ — arrived, come; smāśramapadaṃ — we (are) ... to the hermitage; saumitre — O Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); praviśāgrataḥ — enter in front; nivedayeha — announce here; māṃ — me; prāptam — arrived; ṛṣaye — to the seer; saha sītayā — together with Sītā

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.