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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.11

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

3.7.11

ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ rāma saumitriṇā saha
sītayā cānayā sārdhaṃ chāyayevānuvṛttayā

“Travel a safe road, O Rāma, together with Saumitri and with this Sītā, who follows you like your shadow.

Words: ariṣṭaṃ — safe, unharmed; gaccha — go, travel; panthānaṃ — the path, road; rāma — O Rāma; saumitriṇā saha — with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); sītayā — with Sītā; cānayā — and this; sārdhaṃ — together with; chāyayevānuvṛttayā — like a following shadow

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.