Araṇya Kāṇḍa 7: Departure from Sutīkṣṇa · 3.7.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.1

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 7: Departure from Sutīkṣṇa. Rāma obtains leave to visit other hermitages and promises to return, Sītā hands the brothers their weapons

In the sequence: At dawn Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa wake → Rāma and Sītā sip and rinse with cool, lotus-scented water → all three worship the fire and Suras

3.7.1

rāmas tu sahasaumitriḥ sutīkṣṇenābhipūjitaḥ
pariṇamya niśāṃ tatra prabhāte pratyabudhyata

Rāma, together with Saumitri, honoured by Sutīkṣṇa, having passed the night there, awoke at dawn.

Words: rāmas — Rāma; tu — and; sahasaumitriḥ — together with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); sutīkṣṇenābhipūjitaḥ — honoured by Sutīkṣṇa; pariṇamya — having passed; niśāṃ — the night; tatra — there; prabhāte — at dawn; pratyabudhyata — awoke

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.