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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.17

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: they agree and walk respectfully around him

3.7.17

evam uktas tathety uktvā kākutsthaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
pradakṣiṇaṃ muniṃ kṛtā prasthātum upacakrame

Addressed thus, Kākutstha with Lakṣmaṇa said “So be it,” and having circumambulated the sage, set about departing.

Words: evam uktas — thus addressed; tathety uktvā — having said 'so be it'; kākutsthaḥ — Kākutstha (Rāma); sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — with Lakṣmaṇa; pradakṣiṇaṃ — circumambulation (keeping to the right); muniṃ — the sage; kṛtā — having made; prasthātum — to set out; upacakrame — began, set about

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.