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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.36.9

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Mārīca’s story of his first defeat. He recalls attacking Viśvāmitra’s sacrifice and being hurled a hundred yojanas into the sea by the young Rāma’s arrow

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra insisted that Rāma alone was capable and took him to the hermitage

3.36.9

ity evam uktvā sa munis tam ādāya nṛpātmajam
jagāma paramaprīto viśvāmitraḥ svam āśramam

Having spoken thus, the sage Viśvāmitra, greatly pleased, took that king's son and went to his own hermitage.

Words: ity evam uktvā — having spoken thus; sa munis — that sage; tam ādāya — taking him; nṛpātmajam — the king's son; jagāma — went; paramaprīto — greatly pleased; viśvāmitraḥ — Viśvāmitra; svam āśramam — to his own hermitage

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.