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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.16.2

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: Śūrpaṇakhā’s proposal. Rāvaṇa’s sister asks Rāma to marry her and threatens to eat Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa so they can roam the forest together

In the sequence: After bathing and completing the morning rites, Rāma sits in the hut with Sītā and talks with Lakṣmaṇa

3.16.2

āśramaṃ tam upāgamya rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ karma parṇaśālām upāgamat

Reaching that hermitage, Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa, having performed the morning rites, went into the leaf-hut.

Words: āśramaṃ — the hermitage; tam — that; upāgamya — having reached; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — together with Lakṣmaṇa; kṛtvā — having performed; paurvāhṇikaṃ — of the forenoon, morning; karma — rite, act; parṇaśālām — the leaf-hut; upāgamat — went to, approached

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.