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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.6.7

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: Sutīkṣṇa embraces him and says that he too has delayed leaving his body because he was waiting to see Rāma

3.6.7

sa nirīkṣya tato vīraṃ rāmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam
samāśliṣya ca bāhubhyām idaṃ vacanam abravīt

Then, gazing upon the hero Rāma, the best of the upholders of dharma, and embracing him with both arms, he spoke these words:

Words: sa — he; nirīkṣya — having gazed upon; tato — then; vīraṃ — the hero; rāmaṃ — Rāma; dharmabhṛtāṃ — of the upholders of dharma; varam — the best; samāśliṣya — having embraced; ca — and; bāhubhyām — with both arms; idaṃ — this; vacanam — words; abravīt — spoke

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.