Araṇya Kāṇḍa 2: Virādha’s attack · 3.2.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.2.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 2: Virādha’s attack. The weapon-bearing man-eater seizes Sītā and claims her as his wife, Lakṣmaṇa steadies Rāma and vows to kill him

In the sequence: At sunrise Rāma takes leave of the munis and enters a harsher stretch of forest, crowded with predators, damaged vegetation, and scarce water

3.2.1

kṛtātithyo 'tha rāmas tu sūryasyodayanaṃ prati
āmantrya sa munīn sarvān vanam evānvagāhata

Then Rāma, having received hospitality, took leave of all the sages at sunrise and plunged into the forest itself.

Words: kṛtātithyo — having received hospitality; 'tha — then; rāmas — Rāma; tu — and; sūryasyodayanaṃ — the rising of the sun; prati — toward, at; āmantrya — having taken leave, bidden farewell; sa — he; munīn — the sages; sarvān — all; vanam — the forest; evānvagāhata — indeed plunged into

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.