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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.33

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma kills Khara with Indra’s arrow. He shatters Khara’s thrown tree, kills him and hears the ṛṣis’ plan, Sītā returns to embrace him

In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā leave the cave and return to the hermitage → Rāma joins them, and Sītā joyfully embraces him.

3.29.33

etasminn antare vīro lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā
giridurgād viniṣkramya saṃviveśāśramaṃ sukhī

Meanwhile the hero Lakṣmaṇa, together with Sītā, came out from the mountain stronghold and, contented, entered the hermitage.

Words: etasminn — in this; antare — interval, meanwhile; vīro — the hero; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; saha — with; sītayā — Sītā; giridurgād — from the mountain stronghold; viniṣkramya — having come out; saṃviveśāśramaṃ — entered the hermitage; sukhī — contented, happy

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.