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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.23.14

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 23: Rāma prepares to fight alone. He reads the omens as signs of victory, sends Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa into a mountain cave and faces the fourteen thousand

In the sequence: Rāma puts on his armor, takes his bow and arrows, and sounds the bowstring

3.23.14

tasmin praviṣṭe tu guhāṃ lakṣmaṇe saha sītayā
hanta niryuktam ity uktvā rāmaḥ kavacam āviśat

When Lakṣmaṇa, with Sītā, had entered the cave, Rāma, saying, “Well, it is settled!”, donned his armour.

Words: tasmin praviṣṭe — when he had entered; tu — and; guhāṃ — the cave; lakṣmaṇe — Lakṣmaṇa (loc.); saha sītayā — with Sītā; hanta — well! ah!; niryuktam — it is settled, arranged; ity uktvā — having said thus; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kavacam — armour; āviśat — put on, entered

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.