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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.34

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.

3.29.34

tato rāmas tu vijayī pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ
praviveśāśramaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇenābhivāditaḥ

Then victorious Rāma, honored by the great seers and greeted by Lakṣmaṇa, the hero, entered the hermitage.

Words: tato — then; rāmas — Rāma; tu — and; vijayī — victorious; pūjyamāno — being honored; maharṣibhiḥ — by the great seers; praviveśāśramaṃ — entered the hermitage; vīro — the hero; lakṣmaṇenābhivāditaḥ — greeted by Lakṣmaṇa

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.