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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.71.5

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

3.71.5

pranaṣṭam aśubhaṃ yat tat kalyāṇaṃ samupasthitam
tena tv etat prahṛṣṭaṃ me mano lakṣmaṇa saṃprati

Whatever was inauspicious has vanished, and what is auspicious has drawn near; because of that, this mind of mine is now delighted, Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: pranaṣṭam — vanished, perished; aśubhaṃ — the inauspicious; yat — which; tat — that; kalyāṇaṃ — the auspicious, the good; samupasthitam — drawn near, arrived; tena — by that, therefore; tv — and; etat — this; prahṛṣṭaṃ — delighted; me — my; mano — mind; lakṣmaṇa — Lakṣmaṇa; saṃprati — now

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.