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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.7.6

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

3.7.6

tvarāmahe vayaṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛtsnam āśramamaṇḍalam
ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām

We are eager to see the whole circle of hermitages of the sages of holy conduct who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest.

Words: tvarāmahe — we hasten, are eager; vayaṃ — we; draṣṭuṃ — to see; kṛtsnam — the whole, entire; āśramamaṇḍalam — circle of hermitages; ṛṣīṇāṃ — of the seers; puṇyaśīlānāṃ — of holy conduct; daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām — dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest

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.