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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.70.25

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Śabarī’s welcome and ascent. She shows the seven seas gathered for her teachers’ bath, receives Rāma’s permission and enters fire to rejoin them

In the sequence: Rāma, with Lakṣmaṇa beside him, gladly gives her leave

3.70.25

dharmiṣṭhaṃ tu vacaḥ śrutvā rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
anujānāmi gaccheti prahṛṣṭavadano 'bravīt

Hearing that most righteous speech, Rāghava, together with Lakṣmaṇa, with gladdened face said: 'I give you leave; go.'

Words: dharmiṣṭhaṃ — most righteous; tu — and; vacaḥ — speech; śrutvā — having heard; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — together with Lakṣmaṇa; anujānāmi — I give leave, permit; gaccheti — 'go!' thus; prahṛṣṭavadano — with gladdened face; 'bravīt — said

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.