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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.32

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Rāvaṇa’s parivrājaka disguise. He approaches Sītā with Vedic words and praise of her beauty, she receives him as a brāhmaṇa guest

In the sequence: believing him to be a brāhmaṇa guest, Sītā offers a grass seat, water for his feet, and prepared forest food

3.44.32

upānīyāsanaṃ pūrvaṃ pādyenābhinimantrya ca
abravīt siddham ity eva tadā taṃ saumyadarśanam

First bringing him a seat and inviting him with water for the feet, she then said to him, of gentle appearance, 'The food is ready.'

Words: upānīyāsanaṃ — having brought a seat; pūrvaṃ — first; pādyenābhinimantrya — inviting with foot-water; ca — and; abravīt — said; siddham — (it is) ready, prepared; ity — thus; eva — indeed; tadā — then; taṃ — to him; saumyadarśanam — of gentle appearance

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.