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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.44.33
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
3.44.33
dvijātiveṣeṇa samīkṣya maithilī tam āgataṃ pātrakusumbhadhāriṇam
aśakyam uddveṣṭum upāyadarśanān nyamantrayad brāhmaṇavad yathāgatam
Seeing him come in the guise of a brahmin, bearing his begging-bowl and ochre garb, Maithilī — since decorum made it impossible to turn him away — invited him as befits a brahmin who has come.
Words: dvijātiveṣeṇa — in the guise of a brahmin; samīkṣya — having seen; maithilī — Maithilī; tam — him; āgataṃ — come; pātrakusumbhadhāriṇam — bearing a begging-bowl and ochre garb; aśakyam — impossible; uddveṣṭum — to reject, treat with hostility; upāyadarśanān — from consideration of propriety; nyamantrayad — invited; brāhmaṇavad — as a brahmin; yathāgatam — just as he had come
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.