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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.35

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.

3.29.35

taṃ dṛṣṭvā śatruhantāraṃ maharṣīṇāṃ sukhāvaham
babhūva hṛṣṭā vaidehī bhartāraṃ pariṣasvaje

Seeing him, the slayer of foes who brought comfort to the great seers, Vaidehī grew joyful and embraced her husband.

Words: taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; śatruhantāraṃ — the slayer of foes; maharṣīṇāṃ — to the great seers; sukhāvaham — bringing comfort; babhūva — became; hṛṣṭā — joyful, delighted; vaidehī — Vaidehī (Sītā); bhartāraṃ — her husband; pariṣasvaje — embraced

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.