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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.5

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

3.7.5

sukhoṣitāḥ sma bhagavaṃs tvayā pūjyena pūjitāḥ
āpṛcchāmaḥ prayāsyāmo munayas tvarayanti naḥ

“We have dwelt happily, O lord, honoured by you who are worthy of worship; we take our leave and shall depart—the sages are urging us on.

Words: sukhoṣitāḥ — dwelt happily; sma — (perfect particle); bhagavaṃs — O lord, venerable one; tvayā — by you; pūjyena — worthy of worship; pūjitāḥ — honoured; āpṛcchāmaḥ — we take leave, ask permission; prayāsyāmo — we shall depart; munayas — the sages; tvarayanti — urge, hasten (us); naḥ — us

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.