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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.6.11

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Sutīkṣṇa’s hospitality. The ṛṣi offers heavenly worlds and a forest home, Rāma declines a long stay because hunting the resident deer would distress his host

In the sequence: he recalls hearing of Rāma's exile and offers him, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa the heavenly worlds earned by his austerities

3.6.11

teṣu devarṣijuṣṭeṣu jiteṣu tapasā mayā
matprasādāt sabhāryas tvaṃ viharasva salakṣmaṇaḥ

Those worlds, frequented by gods and seers, having been won by me through austerity — by my grace, roam them, you with your wife and with Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: teṣu — those (loc.); devarṣijuṣṭeṣu — frequented by gods and seers; jiteṣu — won (loc.); tapasā — by austerity; mayā — by me; matprasādāt — by my grace; sabhāryas — with your wife; tvaṃ — you; viharasva — roam, disport yourself; salakṣmaṇaḥ — with Lakṣmaṇa

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.