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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.19

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: Sītā hands the brothers their quivers, bows, and swords → they equip themselves and depart.

3.7.19

ābadhya ca śubhe tūṇī cāpe cādāya sasvane
niṣkrāntāv āśramād gantum ubhau tau rāmalakṣmaṇau

Having fastened on the two fine quivers and taken up the twanging bows, both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa set out from the hermitage to travel.

Words: ābadhya ca — and having fastened on; śubhe — the two fine; tūṇī — quivers; cāpe — the two bows; cādāya — and having taken up; sasvane — twanging, resonant; niṣkrāntāv — the two went out; āśramād — from the hermitage; gantum — to go, travel; ubhau tau — both those; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

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.