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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.4.22

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Śarabhaṅga’s ascent through fire. Indra departs before meeting Rāma, the ṛṣi receives him and rises young from the flames to Brahmā’s world

In the sequence: Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa approach the muni, bow, and sit with his permission

3.4.22

tasya pādau ca saṃgṛhya rāmaḥ sītā ca lakṣmaṇaḥ
niṣedus tadanujñātā labdhavāsā nimantritāḥ

Clasping his feet, Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa sat down, permitted by him, granted lodging and invited.

Words: tasya — his; pādau — feet; ca — and; saṃgṛhya — having clasped; rāmaḥ — Rāma; sītā — Sītā; ca — and; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; niṣedus — sat down; tadanujñātā — permitted by him; labdhavāsā — granted lodging; nimantritāḥ — invited

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.