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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.10

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: Sutīkṣṇa raises and embraces the brothers and blesses their journey with Sītā

3.7.10

tau saṃspṛśantau caraṇāv utthāpya munipuṃgavaḥ
gāḍham āliṅgya sasneham idaṃ vacanam abravīt

As the two touched his feet, the bull among sages raised them up, embraced them warmly and affectionately, and spoke these words:

Words: tau — the two; saṃspṛśantau — touching; caraṇāv — the (two) feet; utthāpya — having raised up; munipuṃgavaḥ — the bull among sages; gāḍham — firmly, warmly; āliṅgya — having embraced; sasneham — affectionately; idaṃ vacanam — these words; abravīt — spoke

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.