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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.71.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Rāma enters Pampā’s waters. The sacred rites renew his hope, the lake revives his longing for Sītā and he resolves to seek Sugrīva

In the sequence: he says they have sipped the sacred waters of the seven seas and honored the ancestors, and that his mind now feels the approach of better fortune

3.71.4

saptānāṃ ca samudrāṇām eṣu tīrtheṣu lakṣmaṇa
upaspṛṣṭaṃ ca vidhivat pitaraś cāpi tarpitāḥ

And at these fords of the seven seas, Lakṣmaṇa, we have duly sipped the water, and the ancestors too have been gratified.

Words: saptānāṃ — of the seven; ca — and; samudrāṇām — of the seas; eṣu — at these; tīrtheṣu — fords, bathing-places; lakṣmaṇa — Lakṣmaṇa; upaspṛṣṭaṃ — water was sipped, touched; ca — and; vidhivat — duly, according to rule; pitaraś — the ancestors; cāpi — and also; tarpitāḥ — gratified, refreshed

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.