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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.26

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut. He bathes in the Godāvarī and performs puṣpabali and śānti, Rāma embraces him and recalls Daśaratha’s care

In the sequence: Rāma and Sītā are delighted → Rāma embraces Lakṣmaṇa as his reward and says that his considerate care makes their father seem still present

3.14.26

prīto 'smi te mahat karma tvayā kṛtam idaṃ prabho
pradeyo yannimittaṃ te pariṣvaṅgo mayā kṛtaḥ

“I am pleased with you: this great deed has been done by you, O capable one; for the sake of which an embrace, a thing worth giving, has been bestowed on you by me.

Words: prīto — pleased; 'smi — I am; te — with you; mahat — great; karma — deed, work; tvayā — by you; kṛtam — done; idaṃ — this; prabho — O capable one, O lord; pradeyo — to be given, worth bestowing; yannimittaṃ — for the sake of which; te — to you; pariṣvaṅgo — an embrace; mayā — by me; kṛtaḥ — done, made

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.