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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.4

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 thank Sutīkṣṇa for his hospitality and ask leave to visit the other Daṇḍaka hermitages with the munis accompanying them → they ask to leave while it is still cool enough to travel

3.7.4

udayanntaṃ dinakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vigatakalmaṣāḥ
sutīkṣṇam abhigamyedaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abruvan

Seeing the sun rising, free of all impurity, they approached Sutīkṣṇa and spoke these gentle words:

Words: udayanntaṃ — rising; dinakaraṃ — the sun (day-maker); dṛṣṭvā — having seen; vigatakalmaṣāḥ — free of impurity; sutīkṣṇam — Sutīkṣṇa; abhigamyedaṃ — having approached, this; ślakṣṇaṃ — gentle, smooth; vacanam — words; abruvan — spoke

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.